John Steed - Audio Books Steed/Tara

Big Finish production
Release date: 26 February 2019

Written By: John Dorney, Phil Mulryne, Robert Khan, Tom Salinsky
Directed By: Ken Bentley
Cast

Julian Wadham (John Steed), Emily Woodward (Tara King), Christopher Benjamin (Mother)
    Nicholas Asbury (Margrave the Magnificent / Sir Godfrey Thorpe)
    Edward Dede (Miles Yeboah)
    Daniel Easton (Billy / Sam)
    Karina Fernandez (Jessie)
    James Joyce (Flying Officer Halliwell / Melnyk)
    Hywel Morgan (Cody / Jim)
    Jude Owusu (Charlie Okonjo / Kasim)
    Leighton Pugh (Flight Lieutenant Tudor / Volkov)
    Maggie Service (Circe / Mina)
    David Sibley (Dr Weatherby)
    Natalie Simpson (Ruby Sesay)
    Ewart James Walters (General Babatunde)

Producer David Richardson
Script Editors John Dorney & Ken Bentley
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

Number of Discs: 4
Duration: 228 minutes

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1. It's a Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild West by John Dorney

Steed is quick on the draw, Tara gallops away.

After reports suggest a series of robberies in the New Forest were committed by cowboys, Mother sends the Avengers into action.

The trail leads to the Western style ranch known as The Lazy J. But will it be high noon for Steed and King?

2. Under the Weather by Phil Mulryne

Steed is put on ice, Tara is blown away.

Steed, Tara and Mother visit an air show to see a demonstration of a new aircraft.

But the plane is stolen from under their noses... and seemingly... by a storm! Something strange is in the air. And it needs the Avengers to sort it out.

3. Spycraft by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky

Steed meets his equal, Tara gets the cream.

When a visiting dignitary is kidnapped on British soil, Steed and King have to leap into action.

But with questions of diplomatic immunity getting in the way, they may need help from an unusual pair.

4. ...Now You Don't by John Dorney

Steed finds things get tricky, Tara takes the stage.

A strange gift leads to Steed and Tara King spending a night in the theatre. But who brought them there? And why?

An old enemy of the Avengers is on the scene. And he will stop at nothing to get his revenge!
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Big Finish production

Release date: April 2021

Written by: John Dorney, Dan Starkey, Roland Moore, Sarah Grochala
Directed by: Samuel Clemens

Cast

Julian Wadham (John Steed)
Emily Woodward (Tara King).

Producer David Richardson
Script Editors John Dorney & Ken Bentley
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

5.1 Whatever Next? by John Dorney

Steed sees the future, Tara is out of this world.

After an eccentric scientist correctly predicts an imminent asteroid collision, John Steed and Tara King are dispatched to uncover the basis of his precognitive powers. The answer is stranger than they could possibly have expected...

5.2 How Does your Garden Grow? by Dan Starkey

Steed is kicked into the long grass, Tara can’t see the wood for the trees.

When the plants around an Air Force base grow to prodigious proportions over-night, an explanation is required. The trail leads to an out of the way farm and a potential scientific breakthrough - but there might just be a snake in the grass...

5.3 A Very Civil War by Roland Moore

Steed takes a Cavalier attitude, Tara is target practice.

Steed and King are summoned to investigate a most unusual robbery - where the robbers don’t seem to have been interested in taking the money. How does the mystery tie into a local Civil War reenactment society?

5.4 Mother’s Day by Sarah Grochala

Steed goes house hunting, Tara goes back to school.

Mother has been called back to his Alma mater to present the school prizes - but someone doesn’t want him to survive the ceremony. It’s down to Steed and King to go undercover and stop the assassins from spoiling the day...

251 minutes

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