The Grandeur That Was Rome Explained

Series:	The Avengers
Season:	3
Episode:	10
Production:	3607^[1]
Director:	Kim Mills
Music:	John Dankworth (theme)
Guests:	Hugh Burden Colette Wilde John Flint Ian Shand Raymond Adamson
Episode List:	List of The Avengers episodes
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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

External links

• • Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Piers . The Grandeur That Was Rome . The Avengers . 11 June 2022.
2. Web site: Kim Mills . 2023-03-25 . IMDb . en-US.
3. Book: Rogers, Dave. The Avengers. 10 April 2012. 25 April 1983. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph.
4. Web site: The Grandeur That Was Rome. The Avengers Forever!. 14 May 2012.