Episode 16: Dr David Keel Era
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THE YELLOW NEEDLE

Production completed: 8 June 1961
UK Premiere (London, Season 1): 10 June 1961

When Sir Wilburforce Lungi arrives in London to negotiate independence for his African country, an attempt is made on his life. Steed investigates the delegate's assistant and discovers that she is a member of an opposing group. After Steed escapes capture in Africa, he warns Dr. Keel, who is an old friend of Lungi, and Keel thwarts an attempt to replace Lungi's insulin with lethal yellow fever virus.

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THE YELLOW NEEDLE

Written by
Designed by
Directed by
Producer
Music by
Story Editors

Patrick Campbell
Alpho O'Reilly
Don Leaver
Leonard White
Johnny Dankworth
Patrick Brawn & John Bryce

CAST

Dr. David Keel
John Steed
Sir Wilberforce Lungi
Carol Wilson
Inspector Anthony
Jacquetta Brown
Chief Bai Shebro
Ali

Ian Hendry
Patrick Macnee 007
Andre Dekar
Ingrid Hafner
Eric Dodson #
Margaret Whiting
Bari Johnson #
Wolfe Morris #

# DOPPELGANGERS

Eric Dodson

Dragonsfield

Bari Johnson

Homicide and Old Lace

Wolfe Morris

The Decapod
Two's a Crowd
 

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