Agent Trevelyan has been found dead on the railway tracks; a note on his body suggests he killed himself because his wife was leaving him but because of his knowledge of codes Steed must make certain he wasn't compromised. The only clue is a ticket to a funfair; not the sort of place one would expect to appeal to Trevelyan. Steed gets his friend Venus Smith to go there are take a few pictures while pretending to be looking for a dog. She takes a few pictures before being thrown off the site; she doesn't realise it but she accidentally took Trevelyan's picture in a mirror. Those hiding Trevelyan attempt to protect their secret by stealing the camera but Venus has already had the pictures developed. Now Steed must work out whether Trevelyan is a traitor or has been kidnapped. Before the truth comes out Venus is captured and then both of them are in real danger.
This isn't the best of the Venus Smith episodes but it is still rather fun. There is a good central premise with some suitably unpleasant villains not all of whom are obviously villains and some who aren't quite as bad as they initially seem. Julie Stevens does a fine job as Venus; a character who has developed somewhat over the course of her episodes she is now slightly less naïve even if she still manages to get captured. She has a couple of songs which to be honest are a bit of a distraction as they take place in a recording studio rather than somewhere involved in the case. The rest of the cast are pretty solid too. The finale is fairly exciting although it ends a bit too abruptly before switching to the epilogue in Steed's flat. Overall a decent enough episode that could have been a bit better.
This isn't the best of the Venus Smith episodes but it is still rather fun. There is a good central premise with some suitably unpleasant villains not all of whom are obviously villains and some who aren't quite as bad as they initially seem. Julie Stevens does a fine job as Venus; a character who has developed somewhat over the course of her episodes she is now slightly less naïve even if she still manages to get captured. She has a couple of songs which to be honest are a bit of a distraction as they take place in a recording studio rather than somewhere involved in the case. The rest of the cast are pretty solid too. The finale is fairly exciting although it ends a bit too abruptly before switching to the epilogue in Steed's flat. Overall a decent enough episode that could have been a bit better.
