

Danger Man
My name is Drake... John Drake.
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Cast

Patrick McGoohan
John Drake
Seasons

E1View from the Villa
Sep 11, 1960
John Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a banker, Frank Delroy. The trail leads Drake to the home of Delroy's lady friend, a small seaside resort (Portmeirion) where he recovers five million dollars and solves the murder of Delroy.

E2Time to Kill
Sep 18, 1960
John Drake flies to Paris, where his assignment is to find an international killer. He refuses to assassinate the man, but undertakes to retrieve him. The task becomes more difficult when Drake finds himself handcuffed to a young woman, Lisa Orin.

E3Josetta
Sep 25, 1960
A blind young woman, Josetta, is the only one who can identify her brother's killer. John Drake has the task of helping her to find and identify the killer.

E4The Blue Veil
Oct 2, 1960
John Drake flies to the Arabian desert to investigate stories of slavery and finds himself befriending a Muslim lad and helping a stranded showgirl who believes Drake to be a slave broker.

E5The Lovers
Oct 9, 1960
At the request of an old enemy, Drake takes charge of security as the President of Boravia and his wife visit London.

E6The Girl in Pink Pyjamas
Oct 16, 1960
When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pajamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.

E7Position of Trust
Oct 23, 1960
When Drake is shown a photograph of a young girl who is the victim of drugs, he sets out for the Middle East to break up the ring supplying opium. He is aided by an American agent, Sandi Lewis. Together they trace the source of the drugs, with the help of a courageous little man.

E8The Lonely Chair
Oct 30, 1960
When the daughter of a wealthy industrialist is kidnapped, Drake impersonates her crippled father in an attempt to save her without having to hand over crucial designs.

E9The Sanctuary
Nov 6, 1960
John Drake has to impersonate a prisoner who has just been released after serving a sentence for bombings. His assignment is to infiltrate a group of IRA commandos.

E10An Affair of State
Nov 13, 1960
Drake flies to a small Caribbean State to investigate the apparent suicide of an American economics expert, he uncovers a plot to obtain large sums of money, and in return he nearly loses his life.

E11The Key
Nov 20, 1960
When someone is leaking information from the American Embassy in Vienna, Drake is called in to investigate when the finger of guilt points to the Ambassador.

E12The Sisters
Nov 27, 1960
When a young, beautiful refugee pleads for political asylum, Drake is called in to investigate by his superior, Hardy. When the girl's sister arrives, Drake has a double problem to solve.

E13The Prisoner
Dec 4, 1960
Drake's assignment is to find a double for James Carpenter, an American who is confined to the US Embassy in a Caribbean city. Finding the double is only half of the problem. Substituting him under the eyes of the police is the other.

E14The Traitor
Dec 11, 1960
Drake travels to Kashmir in Northern India to seek out Noel Goddard, a former executive in the Indian Government, now a traitor. On identifying Drake, Goddard is given the message: 'John Drake. NATO agent. Eliminate.'

E15Colonel Rodriguez
Dec 18, 1960
John Drake flies to the Caribbean to aid an American journalist who had been arrested on a spy charge, but before he can effect a rescue is accused of the murder of a young nightclub singer.

E16The Island
Jan 1, 1961
John Drake is flying back to the mainland with two prisoners, when his plane crashes in the sea, near a tiny island. On reaching the island Drake finds himself a wanted man as the island's hermit owner believes Drake is an escaped prisoner.

E17Find and Return
Jan 8, 1961
Hardy assigns Drake to fly to the Middle East to find Vanessa Stewart, a beautiful girl wanted for espionage. Posing as a Baltic agent, Drake persuades her to accompany him before the British find her. A subplot comments drily on the ethics of espionage.

E18The Girl Who Liked GI's
Jan 15, 1961
Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a young G.I. in Munich. He was last seen in the company of a young German girl, Vicki. Was she involved in the plot? Drake, posing as an American soldier, must find the answer.

E19Name, Date and Place
Jan 22, 1961
When several prominent people are killed, there appears to be no connection. But John Drake's investigations uncover a murder ring, which he hires to kill himself.

E20Vacation
Jan 29, 1961
While vacationing on the Riviera, John Drake recognises a professional assassin. He succeeds in replacing the killer and undertakes an assignment working in the dark, as he has no idea who his victim is.

E21The Conspirators
Feb 5, 1961
John Drake's assignment takes him to a small island off the coast of Brittany. He must protect Lady Lindsay, widow of a British diplomat, and her two young sons, from two killers.

E22The Honeymooners
Apr 2, 1961
When a Chinese businessman is murdered, a young couple on honeymoon become the prime suspects. John Drake flies out to the Far East to assist them, and finds himself in a dangerous situation.

E23The Gallows Tree
Apr 9, 1961
John Drake travels to the Scottish Highlands when the fingerprints of a stolen car belong to a master spy believed to have been killed ten years earlier.

E24The Relaxed Informer
Apr 16, 1961
Drake's latest case is to unravel a security leak. The suspect is Ruth Mitchell, an interpreter; but as Drake later discovers, the girl has been used without her knowledge.

E25The Brothers
Apr 23, 1961
A plane crashes off the coast of Sicily and a diplomatic satchel is taken by mountain bandits. John Drake's task is to recover the stolen property, for which he enlists the aid of one bandit's girlfriend.

E26The Journey Ends Halfway
Apr 30, 1961
Drake travels to China to investigate the disappearance of an eminent doctor who had been trying to escape the Communist regime.

E27Bury the Dead
May 7, 1961
NATO agent Tony Costello is killed in a car crash while investigating a case of gun running. John Drake flies to Sicily to investigate and finds Costello's girl friend who is convinced it was murder. Before the case is solved, Drake discovers that you can bury the dead more than once.

E28Sabotage
May 14, 1961
When Paul Jason of Jason's Airlines is killed and several of his planes crash, John Drake assumes the identity of a hard drinking pilot to investigate the crash. Drake discovers a case of smuggling and finds himself in a tricky situation.

E29The Contessa
May 21, 1961
When several workers at an atomic energy plant in North Africa fall ill, a leakage is suspected. Drake flies out to investigate and is aided by a beautiful European doctor, but when the next victim has no connection with the plant, Drake discovers a fiendish plot.

E30The Leak
May 28, 1961
Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.

E31The Trap
Jun 4, 1961
Drake travels to Venice to investigate the case of Beth Warren, a cipher expert at the American Embassy in London. She disappeared form her job, and rushed to Venice to be with her boyfriend when his brother way dying. But Drake discovers she is being used for the knowledge she has.

E32The Actor
Jun 11, 1961
Drake travels to Hong Kong to investigate the murder of a sound technician working for a radio station. He uncovers a plot where the secret information is being sent out in code over the air, transmitted as part of the station's English lessons.

E33Hired Assassin
Jun 18, 1961
Drake poses as a professional assassin in an attempt to prevent the assassination of a South American President. He joins a revolutionary group who are planning to kill the President.

E34The Coyannis Story
Dec 16, 1961
John Drake travels to a Balkan country to investigate the misappropriation of funds by a Minister. Drake uncovers the plot. Involving love, politics and revenge.

E35Find and Destroy
Dec 23, 1961
A miniature submarine is wrecked off the coast of a South American country. John Drake's assignment from British Intelligence is to blow her up. Disguised as a fisherman, Drake races against time to find the submarine before the agents of a foreign power can.

E36Under the Lake
Dec 30, 1961
When twenty five million dollars in forged currency floods the European capitals, John Drake is assigned by U.S. Intelligence to trace the source. The trail leads to an ex-Nazi General staying at a lake-side hotel in the mountains. Drake faces death before he can solve the case and uncover the secret of the lake.

E37The Nurse
Jan 6, 1962
Drake travels to the Arabian Desert to rescue the American Consul and his family from terrorists who have assassinated the King. On arrival Drake finds he has additional problems trying to protect a pretty Scots nurse and the baby in her care - the future king.

E38Dead Man Walks
Jan 13, 1962
Hardy assigns Drake to investigate when the entire research team working in tropical diseases is killed by mysterious accidents. Drake travels to India, and uncovers clues that one of the scientists may be alive.

E39Deadline
Jan 20, 1962
When a wave of terrorism in the African jungle is likely to lead to a mass uprising, The Danger Man takes on the disguise of a 'gun-runner' in an attempt to penetrate the extremist organisation behind it.

E1Yesterday's Enemies
Oct 13, 1964
Drake travels to Beirut to untangle a web of Middle Eastern espionage

E2The Professionals
Oct 20, 1964
Drake is targeted by a Czech spymaster who uses a beautiful young woman to ensnare his enemies.

E3Colony Three
Oct 27, 1964
Posing as a clerk, Drake infiltrates a strange spy school in this very 'prisoneresque' episode of Danger Man.

E4The Galloping Major
Nov 3, 1964
Sent to Africa to monitor an election, Drake discovers a danger far more devious than ballot-stuffing.

E5Fair Exchange
Nov 10, 1964
John Drake must follow an avenging agent, bent on murderous revenge.

E6Fish on the Hook
Nov 17, 1964
In Egypt, Drake must uncover the identity of, and save, the mastermind behind the Controller - or the entire Middle Eastern British spy network will be compromised.

E7The Colonel's Daughter
Nov 24, 1964
The death of a butterfly collector's assistant in India opens an unlikely investigation.

E8The Battle of the Cameras
Dec 1, 1964
Agent John Drake becomes a gambler in the South of France to infiltrate the mysterious world of international secrets for sale.

E9No Marks for Servility
Dec 8, 1964
In a Roman villa, Drake becomes an unwilling manservant to an unscrupulous extortionist.

E10A Man to be Trusted
Dec 15, 1964
Drake is sent to the Caribbean to investigate a murder and see if the local intelligence contact can be relied on.

E11Don't Nail Him Yet
Dec 22, 1964
Drake poses as a put-upon schoolteacher to win the confidence of a suspected spy.

E12A Date with Doris
Dec 29, 1964
Drake flies into Havana using the cover of a journalist, there to interview one of the heros of the revolution, Joaquin Paratore. His real purpose is to rescue another agent posing as a journalist (Miller) who has been framed for the murder of a famous actress. Miller had taken up with the actress when he found out she was Paratore's mistress and could provide useful information. After being wounded by the police and becoming the object of a manhunt, Miller relies on Drake to get him out with the help of ""Doris""

E13That's Two of Us Sorry
Jan 5, 1965
Fingerprints left at the scene of a robbery in Scotland appear to belong to an agent whose been dead twenty years.

E14Such Men Are Dangerous
Jan 12, 1965
Posing as an ex-con, Drake is recruited by an ultra-right wing organisation that trains assassins to eliminate world leaders.

E15Whatever Happened to George Foster?
Jan 19, 1965
Drake must stop a wealthy British industrialist who is subverting a small nation to his own ends.

E16A Room in the Basement
Feb 2, 1965
Embassy walls and diplomatic immunity hide the kidnapped colleague of agent John Drake. Drake comes to the rescue when the man's wife approaches him for help.

E17The Affair at Castelevara
Feb 9, 1965
Drake and his American counterparts have competing plans to prevent the execution of a former Central American Revolutionary.

E18The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
Feb 16, 1965
After a car wreck, Drake finds himself enmeshed in a strange plot surrounding a casino.

E19It's Up to the Lady
Feb 23, 1965
Drake follows a couple on the run to Greece to prevent them from defecting.

E20Have a Glass of Wine
Mar 2, 1965
In France's wine country, Drake, a Russian agent and a local spy compete for control of a woman bearing military secrets.

E21The Mirror's New
Mar 9, 1965
A British diplomat in Paris goes missing for a day, but can't seem to remember what happened.

E22Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet
Mar 16, 1965
Drake trails two scientists to the West Indies.

E1You are Not in Any Trouble, are You?
Sep 23, 1965
To topple an Italian murder-for-hire ring, Drake puts out a hit on himself.

E2The Black Book
Sep 30, 1965
Drake goes undercover to discover who is blackmailing a general's brother.

E3A Very Dangerous Game
Oct 7, 1965
Disguised as a music teacher, Drake infiltrates a Chinese spy ring in Hong Kong.

E4Sting in the Tail
Oct 14, 1965
Drake tries to get at an assassin by tailing the killer's mistress.

E5English Lady Takes Lodgers
Oct 21, 1965
Investigating a security link in Spain, Drake finds himself enmeshed in a murderous scheme.

E6Loyalty Always Pays
Oct 28, 1965
Did an African defense minister strike a secret deal with the Chinese?

E7The Mercenaries
Nov 4, 1965
Drake interferes in a plot to take over an African republic.

E8Judgement Day
Nov 11, 1965
Drake finds himself at the mercy of a band of Israeli renegades.

E9The Outcast
Nov 18, 1965
Was the murdered girlfriend of a missing sailor selling coded secrets?

E10Are You Going to be More Permanent?
Dec 2, 1965
Who is responsible for the disappearance of agents in Vienna?

E11To Our Best Friend
Dec 9, 1965
Drake heads to Baghdad to clear the name of a spy suspected of leaking secrets.

E12The Man on the Beach
Dec 16, 1965
A murdered contact complicates Drake's mission in Jamaica.

E13Say It with Flowers
Dec 23, 1965
In Switzerland Drake must determine if an enemy agent is really dead.

E14The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Dec 30, 1965
Drake must free a captured British spymaster before he sellls his secrets.

E15Someone is Liable to Get Hurt
Jan 6, 1966
A mysterious woman, an ancient prison cell and a gun-runner - a recipe for disaster.

E16Dangerous Secret
Jan 13, 1966
Drake must clean up after the government bungles an attempt to silence a young scientist.

E17I Can Only Offer You Sherry
Jan 20, 1966
Drake investigates an unlikely spy.

E18The Hunting Party
Jan 27, 1966
Investigating several seemingly random leaks, Drake finds they've one thing in common; the wealthy Jordan's - Claudia and Basil. Drake becomes manservant to the very disparate couple, at their chateau in the Loire Valley of France, in order to find our what's so fascinating about the pair..

E19Two Birds with One Bullet
Mar 10, 1966
A political party plans to assassinate their own candidate.

E20I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number
Mar 17, 1966
Drake pursues a rogue agent.

E21The Man With the Foot
Mar 24, 1966
Drake drives to Spain for a well-earned holiday. But instead of sun and relaxation, he is greeted by miserable weather and a determined enemy agent.

E22The Paper Chase
Mar 31, 1966
Secret documents fall into the wrong hands.

E23Not So Jolly Roger
Apr 7, 1966
Drake works as a disc jockey at a pirate radio station.

E1Koroshi
Jan 5, 1968
A young Japanese woman dies by inhaling gas from an artificial flower before she can report the existence of a Japanese death cult to her British contact. Drake infiltrates the cult as a journalist reporting on a floral festival.

E2Shinda Shima
Jan 12, 1968
Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.
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Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
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