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"**The Grandeur That Was Rome**"
"The Grandeur That Was Rome"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 10
Directed by	Kim Mills
Written by	Rex Edwards
Featured music	John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3607
Original air date	30 November 1963
Guest appearances
	Hugh Burden; Colette Wilde; John Flint; Ian Shand; Raymond Adamson;
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"The Grandeur That Was Rome" is the tenth episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 30 November 1963. The episode was directed by Kim Mills^[2] and written by Rex Edwards.^[3]

Plot

A megalomaniac food manufacturer who is obsessed with ancient Rome, is deliberately tainting his company's grain with ergot. Steed and Cathy are brought in to investigate.^[4]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Hugh Burden as Sir Bruno Luca
Colette Wilde as Octavia
John Flint as Marcus Dodds
Ian Shand as Eastow
Raymond Adamson as Lucius
Kenneth Keeling as Appleton
Colin Rix as Sergeant Barnes

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "The Grandeur That Was Rome". The Avengers. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ "Kim Mills". IMDb. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "The Grandeur That Was Rome". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 14 May 2012.