Episode 19 - The £50,000 Breakfast

The woman conducting tastings at the cigar emporium is credited as 'Jerezina', although Sir James introduces her to Steed as 'Juanita Jerez'; but can anyone identify the woman standing behind her? She looks like the lead singer of Dutch Hippy-pop band Shocking Blue, Mariska Veres. Remember their huge hit "Venus", later covered by Bananarama? [enlargement] Also, I swear that's Susan Hampshire puffing on a cigar - now that's a cameo! ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

He's credited here as Eric Woofe, but the actor's name is actually Eric Woolfe.

	The thug who helps the First Assistant in killing Mrs Rhodes is uncredited in the cast list, but I know I've seen him in shows like The Professionals and The Sweeney.
	<< The driver of the Landrover that Rhodes crashes into looks familiar but isn't named. It's series regular Peter Clay of course. [enlargement]	A couple of farmhands who tumble from the hay in the car accident scene are also uncredited in the cast list, the bloke is Les Crawford, who played Morgan in You Have Just Been Murdered; and the woman is Diana Rigg's stunt double Cyd Child [enlargement] >>
Ihe Calypso band are Russ Henderson and His Trinidad Steel Band - Sterling Betancourt in the spectacles, Russ in the middle and Max Cherrie wavering on the edge of shot, but we never get a good look at him (we don't see Ralph Cherrie at all, he doesn't seem to be present - I'm sure Mervyn had left the band by 1968 so it can't be him). Now this is really a completist guide! ... I'll see if I can identify the tune they're playing. ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved Sterling was the first steel pan player to arrive in Britain, along with the rest of the Trinidad All Stars Percussion Orchestra in 1951, he stayed in Britain after the rest of the troupe returned to Jamaica, teaching music and touring with different bands. He and Russell were instrumental (..ha, ha..) in establishing the Notting Hill Festival and Sterling was awarded an MBE in 2002 for his services to the arts. From the Nostalgia Steelband website: The band that played at the first Notting Hill carnival (1965), was The Russell Henderson Steel Band, later to be renamed, Nostalgia Steel band. Philmore 'Boots' Davidson (a pioneer of the steel band) suggested the name, Nostalgia, and Sterling Betancourt became the leader of Nostalgia Steel Band, with Russell Henderson as its president.

There's a continuity error when Steed is trying to break into Litoff's apartment. We see him approach a window in the high rise building and look out over the city at night. The scene cuts to an external, just outside the window, and Steed starts to climb out. A moment later there's a close-up of his feet inching sideways along the ledge; there's no window behind him, so he's apparently already covered some distance from the window. A moment later we cut back to the long shot outside the window, and he finishes climbing out and up onto the ledge!

Another continuity problem in the episode is with the clocks in the Litoff Organization seem to be faulty. During Steed's first visit there, the London clock originally reads 11:15 but later says 9:30. During his second visit, it reads 11:15, but then 12:00. The New York clock next to it reads 8:00, even though there is a 5 hour time difference between the two cities. When Mrs. Rhodes visits, the London clock says 1:10, a rather late visiting hour. Finally, during the last scene in the office, The London clock reads 4:10, then 11:15, then 5:55, then 10:40, but the ticker message announcing Mr. Litoff's exhuming says 12:15! (thanks to 'Ringowma")