Immortal Clay

"Immortal Clay" is the sixteenth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast in the Teledu Cymru region of the ITV network on Friday 11 January 1963. ABC Weekend TV, who produced the show for ITV, broadcast it the next day in its own regions.^[1] The episode was directed by Richmond Harding and written by James Mitchell.^[2]

"Immortal Clay"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 16
Directed by	Richmond Harding
Written by	James Mitchell
Featured music	John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3516[1]
Original air date	11 January 1963 (1963-01-11)
Guest appearances
Paul Eddington James Bree Bert Palmer Gary Watson Steve Plytas
Episode chronology
List of episodes

Plot

A company invents an unbreakable ceramic, the secret of which others try to steal. Following the death of an industrial spy in a vat of liquid clay, Steed and Cathy mount an undercover investigation.^[3]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
• Paul Eddington as Richard Marling
• James Bree as Miller
• Bert Palmer as Josh Machen
• Gary Watson as Allen Marling
• Steve Plytas as De Groot
• Rowena Gregory as Anne
• Didi Sullivan as Mara Little
• Douglas Muir as One Ten
• Frank Olegario as Blomberg