"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.

Plot

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

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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.

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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

External links

Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers (season 2) episodes

1962 British television episodes

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