"Lobster Quadrille" | |
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The Avengers episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 26 |
Directed by | Kim Mills |
Written by | Richard Lucas |
Produced by | John Bryce |
Featured music | John Dankworth (theme) |
Production code | 3625 [1] |
Original air date | 21 March 1964 |
Guest appearances | |
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"Lobster Quadrille" is the twenty-sixth 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 21 March 1964. The episode was directed by Kim Mills and written by Richard Lucas. [2]
Steed and Cathy investigate an illegal drug smuggling operation. [3]
The episode title is a reference to "The Mock Turtle's Song", also known as the "Lobster Quadrille", a song and dance in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland .
The episode is notable for a number of lasts:
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