As this episode opens we see a man pushing a pram; while he stops to make a telephone call the brake slips and the pram rolls down the hill. He chases it but is hit by a car and the pram tips over spilling the body of a man onto the road! The injured man is a known enemy agent but nobody knows who the dead man was. The only clue is a tattoo and his ill-fitting suit. These clues lead Steed and Mrs Peel to the tattooist, the tailor and then via a bank and shoemaker to identify the man as Arthur Peever. They also lead to a dance school where a man claiming to be Peever attends. In order to find out what is going on Mrs Peel gets a job as an instructor at the school and Steed poses as a man who has just returned to the country and enrols in the school. Here they learn that men without anybody who is likely to miss them are being bumped off and replaced with enemy agents.
This episode had a great opening; while most people will guess that the pram doesn't contain a baby I'm sure most won't think it contained a man I don't think a man could really fit in it but that didn't matter. The trail followed to identify him was entertaining; I particularly liked the 'Italian' shoemaker whose accent disappears when he shouts to his assistant; the fact that his interest in Mrs Peel's feet not exactly professional was also amusing. Once in the dance studio things were a little weaker although still entertaining; the drunken conductor was particularly funny especially when we learn the music is on a tape. Overall I'd say that while this isn't a classic episode it is fun enough and does include a few really good moments.
This episode had a great opening; while most people will guess that the pram doesn't contain a baby I'm sure most won't think it contained a man I don't think a man could really fit in it but that didn't matter. The trail followed to identify him was entertaining; I particularly liked the 'Italian' shoemaker whose accent disappears when he shouts to his assistant; the fact that his interest in Mrs Peel's feet not exactly professional was also amusing. Once in the dance studio things were a little weaker although still entertaining; the drunken conductor was particularly funny especially when we learn the music is on a tape. Overall I'd say that while this isn't a classic episode it is fun enough and does include a few really good moments.