S1.E21

The Duchess Assignment

Episode aired Feb 17, 1966
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49m

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Lady Penelope discovers her friend, the Duchess of Roysten is in need of financial assistance. Penelope helps the Dutchess to loan out her prized portrait of a gazelle to a New York tycoon. ... Read allLady Penelope discovers her friend, the Duchess of Roysten is in need of financial assistance. Penelope helps the Dutchess to loan out her prized portrait of a gazelle to a New York tycoon. However, the Duchess is kidnapped by crooks who want the painting and the money owed to he... Read allLady Penelope discovers her friend, the Duchess of Roysten is in need of financial assistance. Penelope helps the Dutchess to loan out her prized portrait of a gazelle to a New York tycoon. However, the Duchess is kidnapped by crooks who want the painting and the money owed to her.

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Sylvia Anderson

Ray Barrett

John Tracy
(voice)
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Peter Dyneley

Jeff Tracy
(voice)
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Christine Finn

Tin-Tin Kyrano
(voice)
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David Graham

Parker
(voice)
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David Holliday

Virgil Tracy
(voice)

Shane Rimmer

Scott Tracy
(voice)

Matt Zimmerman

Alan Tracy
(voice)
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- David Elliott
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9/10

Magnificent voice acting

This episode is worth watching for all the usual reasons, but especially for Ray Barrett's magnificent voice work for the Duchess of Royston.

I was not surprised to learn that the voice cast were doubled up laughing when they heard Mr Barrett recording the part at ultra short notice.

The result is all the more admirable because an actress had been scheduled to record the Duchess's voice but she did not show up to the recording session.

Ray Barrett offered to stand in and created a voice which was based obviously on the celebrated English stage actress, Dame Edith Evans. It fitted the Duchess and the part perfectly.

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Trivia
Voice acting for the show was usually done per episode on a Sunday morning, but this particular morning the voice actor for Lady Royston (the Duchess) apparently didn't show. Ray Barrett (John Tracy) came to the 'rescue' to save time by hastily ad-libbing an old woman's voice, which convinced production staff to proceed and thereby allowing the actors to go to the pub in good time after their session.

Goofs
In the establishing shot of New York City, the Empire State Building can be seen in the background. This episode originally aired a few months after the episode "Terror in New York City" (where the Empire State Building collapsed when it was being moved), so the events in this episode should have taken place before "Terror in New York City".

Quotes
[Jeff Tracy and Lady Penelope are watching an air show in London]
Jeff Tracy: [using an upper-class British accent] Oh, bang on! Jolly good show!
[Jeff turns to Penelope]
Jeff Tracy: [whispering, in his normal voice] How am I doing, Penny?
Lady Penelope: [chuckling] Oh... splendidly, Jeff.