"Mrs Peel, we're needed"

Eddie plays Bailey ("Like Oddjob in Goldfinger...only sexier"), Sir August De Wynter's sidekick, who doesn't say very much. He chews gum and hits people, and then dies at the end.

Picture of Bailey that I stole from izzardlounge

plot summary (iMDB):

British Ministry agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes), under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery) to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel (Uma Thurman), the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Summary written by John Hawkinson {jhawk@mit.edu}

cast:

Ralph Fiennes .... John Steed
Uma Thurman .... Emma Peel
Sean Connery .... Sir August de Wynter
Jim Broadbent .... Mother
Fiona Shaw .... Father
Eddie Izzard .... Bailey
Eileen Atkins .... Alice
John Wood (I) .... Trubshaw
Carmen Ejogo .... Brenda
Keeley Hawes .... Tamara
Shaun Ryder .... Donavan
Nicholas Woodeson...Dr. Darling
Patrick Macnee .... Invisible Jones
Michael Godley .... Butler
Richard Lumsden.... Boodle's Porter

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