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John Steed
Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed usually known as John Steed, is a fictional character and the central protagonist on the popular 1960s British spy series "The Avengers" and its 1970s sequel "The New Avengers", played by Patrick Macnee in both; by Donald Monat in the South-African radio series adaptation of "The Avengers"; by Ralph Fiennes in the 1998 film of the same name and by Julian Wadham in the new Big Finish audio series "The Avengers – The Lost Episodes
Avengers" were designed at the studio of John Sutcliffe, who published the "AtomAge" fetish magazine.
Series scriptwriter Dennis Spooner said that the series would frequently feature Steed visiting busy public places such as the main airport in London without anyone else present in the scene. "'Can't you afford extras?,' they'd ask. Well, it wasn't like that. It's just that Steed had to be alone to be accepted. Put him in a crowd and he sticks out like a sore thumb