This is rather good, both because of its competent implementation of the 'sinisterly stuck in Much Incest-on-the-Sly' trope and because it bothers to come up with a more original motivation for the evil locals than the usual devil worship, smuggling etc.
And also because it's one of the toughest situations Mrs Peel has found herself in. Even she can't beat up a whole village, though she tries her best before being hunted down by helicopter. (Found myself thinking of The Daemons during this scene).
Yokel duo Hubert and Mickle really help sell the threat - all the more unpleasant for their jocularity.
A Steed-lite episode, though he turns up at the end to rescue Mrs Peel, not till after she's been ducked in the village pond and locked up in a chastity belt (historical fact: no evidence that these ever existed). There's then a moment where she holds two villainous village women at custard-pie-point.
Previously and also seen: Robert 'Taltallian' Cawdron from A Touch of Brimstone. Geoffrey 'Mr Perry' Colville from Concerto.
Also seen: Eric 'Leo Ryan' Flynn. Joseph 'various Sensorites' Grieg. Tony 'Jackson/Morgan' Caunter. Sheila 'Ann Fourmile in George & Mildred' Fearn.
Previously seen: John Sharp returning from Traitor in Zebra. Norman Chappell making his third appearance. Irene Bradshaw from The Golden Eggs.
