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"**The Decapod**"
"The Decapod"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 3
Directed by	Don Leaver
Written by	Eric Paice
Featured music	John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3507
Original air date	13 October 1962
Guest appearances
	Paul Stassino; Philip Madoc; Wolfe Morris; Lynn Furlong; Raymond Adamson; Harvey Ashby;
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"The Decapod" is the third episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens. It was first broadcast by ABC on 13 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Eric Paice.^[2]

Plot

Steed is brought in to protect the President of the Republic of the Balkans from a masked assassin.^[3] He sends Venus on a phony tour, with real wrestlers.

Music

Julie Stevens sings "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" composed by Harry Warren and "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" by Duke Ellington, accompanied by the Dave Lee Trio.

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Julie Stevens as Venus Smith
Paul Stassino as Yakob Borb
Philip Madoc as Stepan
Wolfe Morris as Ito
Lynn Furlong as Edna Ramsden
Raymond Adamson as Harry Ramsden
Harvey Ashby as Guard's Officer
Pamela Conway as Girl In Shower
Stanley M. Ayers as Ring Announcer
Doug Robinson as Bodyguard Georgi
Valentino Musetti as Bodyguard Sarkoff
Valerie Stanton as Cigarette Girl

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "The Decapod". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "The Decapod". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

External links

[1] Johnson, Piers. "The Decapod". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[Rogers1983-2] Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[3] "The Decapod". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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