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
Produced by	John Bryce
Featured music	Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	3-10
Original air date	30 November 1963 (1963-11-30)
Guest appearance(s)
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 originally aired on ABC on 30 November 1963. The episode was directed by Kim Mills and written by Rex Edwards.

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.

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