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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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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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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Terry BishopWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Delphi Lawrence, Barbara Shelley, Philip Latham, John Lee, Colin Douglas, Court Benson, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Houston
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Ralph SmartWritten by Brian Clemens, Ian Stuart BlackGuest stars Sarah Lawson, Lionel Murton, Derren Nesbitt, Carl Jaffe, Louise Collins, Anthony Jacobs
Episode 3
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.
Guest stars Kenneth Haigh, Julia Arnall, Campbell Singer, Randal Kinkead, Claire Gordon, Glenn Beck, Robert Bernal, Cecil Brock
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Laurence Naismith, Lisa Gastoni, Ferdy Mayne, Joseph Cuby, Peter Thornton
Episode 5
At the request of an old enemy, Drake takes charge of security as the President of Boravia and his wife visit London.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Jo EisingerGuest stars Michael Ripper, Maxine Audley, Martin Miller, Ewen Solon, Carl Bernard, Hermione Gregory
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Richard Marner, John Crawford, Robert Raglan, Robert Cawdron, Angela Browne, Alan Tilvern, Richard Warner, Colette Wilde
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Ralph SmartWritten by Jo EisingerGuest stars Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell, John Phillips, Gil Winfield, Irene Prador, Martin Benson, Madeleine Kasket, Derek Godfrey
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Richard Wattis, Hazel Court, Sam Wanamaker, Patrick Troughton, Howard Pays, Jack Melford, Alexander Archdale, Robert Harbin
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Kieron Moore, Wendy Williams, Barry Keegan, Charles Farrell, Shay Gorman, John Rae, Ewan MacDuff, Peter Murray
Episode 10
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottGuest stars Patrick Wymark, John Le Mesurier, Dorothy White, Warren Mitchell, Alan Gifford, Victor Baring, Michael Hitchman, Andre Charisse
Episode 11
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.
Directed by Seth HoltWritten by Jack WhittinghamGuest stars Robert Flemyng, Monique Ahrens, Charles Carson, Charles Gray, Peter Swanwick, Charles Lloyd Pack, Martin Sterndale
Episode 12
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.
Directed by Seth HoltWritten by Brian Clemens, Jo EisingerGuest stars Barbara Murray, Richard Wattis, Mai Zetterling, Sydney Tafler, Anthony Dawson, Martin Wyldeck, Hedger Wallace, Michael Hunt
Episode 13
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.
Directed by Terry BishopGuest stars William Lucas, William Sylvester, June Thorburn, Michael Peake, Keith Goodman, John Slavid
Episode 14
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.'
Directed by Terry BishopGuest stars Ronald Howard, Barbara Shelley, Jack Watling, Warren Mitchell, Derek Sydney, George A. Cooper, Guy Deghy
Episode 15
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.
Guest stars Noel Willman, Maxine Audley, Honor Blackman, Ronald Allen, Campbell Singer, Cyril Shaps, Pearl Prescod, Neville Becker
Episode 16
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.
Written by Brian ClemensGuest stars Michael Ripper, Allan Cuthbertson, Peter Stephens, Ann Firbank, Ronan O'Casey, Richard Thorp, Charles Irwin, Nyree Dawn Porter
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Seth HoltWritten by Jo EisingerGuest stars Donald Pleasence, Richard Wattis, Moira Lister, Paul Stassino, Zena Marshall, Warren Mitchell, Keith Rawlings, Frank Thornton
Episode 18
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.
Directed by Michael TrumanGuest stars Anna Gaylor, Anthony Bushell, Nigel Green, Paul Maxwell, Charles Farrell, Graydon Gould, Bill Edwards, Rudolph Offenbach
Episode 19
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Jean Marsh, Richard Wattis, Kathleen Byron, Guy Deghy, Frederick Piper, Frank Sieman, Cyril Raymond, Patricia Marmont
Episode 20
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.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Ralph SmartGuest stars Esmond Knight, Barrie Ingham, Charles Lloyd Pack, Hugh McDermott, Jacqueline Ellis, Lawrence Davidson, John Wynyard, Richard Clarke
Episode 21
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.
Directed by Michael TrumanGuest stars Patricia Driscoll, Alfred Burke, Percy Herbert, Terence Longdon, Hugh Moxey, Rory MacDermot, Neil McCarthy, Michael Sands
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Michael Peake, Lee Montague, Ronald Allen, Sally Bazely, E. Kerrigan Prescott, Sheldon Lawrence, Anthony Chinn, Ric Young
Episode 23
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.
Directed by Michael TrumanWritten by Marc BrandelGuest stars Paul Rogers, Wendy Craig, Raymond Huntley, Finlay Currie, Ewan Roberts, Andrew Crawford, John Glyn-Jones, John Rae
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Anthony BushellGuest stars Duncan Lamont, Moira Redmond, Paul Maxwell, Brian Rawlinson, Stanley Van Beers, Tom Gill, Pauline Letts, Henri Vidon
Episode 25
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Lisa Gastoni, George Coulouris, Ronald Fraser, Derren Nesbitt, John Woodvine, Nancy Beckh, Gino Melvazzi, Rodney Burice
Episode 26
Drake travels to China to investigate the disappearance of an eminent doctor who had been trying to escape the Communist regime.
Directed by Clive DonnerGuest stars Anna May Wong, Lian-Shin Yang, Paul Daneman, Willoughby Goddard, Paul Hardtmuth, Martin Boddey, Burt Kwouk, Bobby R. Naidoo
Episode 27
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.
Directed by Clive DonnerWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Patrick Troughton, Robert Shaw, Beverly Garland, Dermot Walsh, Paul Stassino, George Murcell, George Eugeniou
Episode 28
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Ian Stuart Black, Michael PertweeGuest stars Maggie Fitzgibbon, Yvonne Romain, Oliver Burt, Alex Scott, Bobby R. Naidoo, Lyn Ashley, Jimmy Fung, John Sterland
Episode 29
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.
Directed by Terry BishopGuest stars Hazel Court, John Wyse, Lionel Murton, Ralph Truman, Bill Nagy, Jennifer Jayne, Irene Prador, Dudley Foster
Episode 30
Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.
Directed by Anthony BushellWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Zena Marshall, Bernard Archard, Marne Maitland, Anthony Dawson, Lawrence Davidson, Walter Gotell, William Dexter, Barry Shawzin
Episode 31
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.
Directed by C.M. Pennington-RichardsGuest stars Jeanne Moody, Noel Trevarthen, Marie Burke, Alan Gifford, Louise Collins, Georgina Cookson, Victor Rietti, Miki Iveria
Episode 32
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.
Directed by Michael TrumanWritten by Marc BrandelGuest stars Rupert Davies, Patsy Rowlands, Burt Kwouk, Gary Cockrell, Julie Allan, Andy Ho, Ric Young, Sam Chowdhary
Episode 33
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Cyril Shaps, Camilla Hasse, Alan Wheatley, Norman Florence, Judy Carne, Wensley Pithey, Bill Nagy, Harry Lockart
Episode 34
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Jo EisingerGuest stars John Phillips, Robert Raglan, Charles Gray, Heather Chasen, Liam Gaffney, Stuart Hutchison, Peter Welch, Julie Hopkins
Episode 35
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.
Directed by Charles FrendGuest stars Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Peter Arne, Nadja Regin, Peter Sallis, Helen Horton, Alec Mango, Richard Clarke, Brad Dancy
Episode 36
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.
Directed by Seth HoltWritten by Jack WhittinghamGuest stars Lionel Murton, Christopher Rhodes, Hermione Baddeley, Moira Redmond, Roger Delgado, Walter Gotell, Norman Florence, Jack Cunningham
Episode 37
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Robert Ayres, Harold Kasket, Andrew Faulds, Eileen Moore, Jack MacGowran, Eric Pohlmann, Heather Chasen, Harry Lockart
Episode 38
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.
Directed by Charles FrendWritten by Brian ClemensGuest stars Richard Wattis, Michael Ripper, Marla Landi, Julia Arnall, Richard Pearson, Bryan Coleman, Joanna Dunham, William Dexter
Episode 39
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.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Ian Stuart Black, Jo EisingerGuest stars John Harrison, William Marshall, Edric Connor, Barbara Chilcott, Christopher Carlos, Earl Cameron, Lionel Ngakane, Andre Dakar
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Patrick McGoohanJohn Drake
Patricia DriscollCatherine Archer
Andrew FauldsMullins
John G. HellerManuel
William LucasBernhard
Howard Marion-CrawfordArcher
Jerome WillisSecond Pursuer
ITV1United Kingdom
ITC EntertainmentUnited Kingdom
