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Danger Man

1960TV-PG4 seasons7.4 / 10

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.

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Synopsis

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

Yesterday's Enemies

1h6.7 / 10

Drake travels to Beirut to untangle a web of Middle Eastern espionage

Episode credits

Directed by Charles CrichtonGuest stars Patricia Driscoll, Howard Marion-Crawford, Anton Rodgers, Joan Hickson, Nadim Sawalha

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Episode 2

The Professionals

1h7.0 / 10

Drake is targeted by a Czech spymaster who uses a beautiful young woman to ensnare his enemies.

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Directed by Michael TrumanWritten by Wilfred Greatorex, Louis MarksGuest stars Helen Cherry, John G. Heller

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Episode 3

Colony Three

1h7.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Don Chaffey

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Episode 4

The Galloping Major

1h7.0 / 10

Sent to Africa to monitor an election, Drake discovers a danger far more devious than ballot-stuffing.

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Episode 5

Fair Exchange

1h7.0 / 10

John Drake must follow an avenging agent, bent on murderous revenge.

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Directed by Charles CrichtonWritten by Marc Brandel, Wilfred GreatorexGuest stars Noel Howlett

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Episode 6

Fish on the Hook

1h7.0 / 10

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.

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Directed by Robert DayWritten by Michael PertweeGuest stars Peter Bowles, Vladek Sheybal, Nadim Sawalha

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Episode 7

The Colonel's Daughter

1h7.0 / 10

The death of a butterfly collector's assistant in India opens an unlikely investigation.

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Directed by Philip LeacockWritten by David Weir

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Episode 8

The Battle of the Cameras

1h7.0 / 10

Agent John Drake becomes a gambler in the South of France to infiltrate the mysterious world of international secrets for sale.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Patrick Newell, James Payne

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Episode 9

No Marks for Servility

1h7.0 / 10

In a Roman villa, Drake becomes an unwilling manservant to an unscrupulous extortionist.

Episode credits

Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Mervyn Johns, Francesca Annis, Howard Marion-Crawford, John G. Heller, Elizabeth Ashley

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Episode 10

A Man to be Trusted

1h7.0 / 10

Drake is sent to the Caribbean to investigate a murder and see if the local intelligence contact can be relied on.

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Guest stars Eunice Gayson

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Episode 11

Don't Nail Him Yet

1h7.0 / 10

Drake poses as a put-upon schoolteacher to win the confidence of a suspected spy.

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Directed by Michael Truman

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Episode 12

A Date with Doris

1h7.0 / 10

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""

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Episode 13

That's Two of Us Sorry

1h7.0 / 10

Fingerprints left at the scene of a robbery in Scotland appear to belong to an agent whose been dead twenty years.

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Episode 14

Such Men Are Dangerous

1h7.0 / 10

Posing as an ex-con, Drake is recruited by an ultra-right wing organisation that trains assassins to eliminate world leaders.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Lee Montague, Alan Wheatley, Erik Chitty, Martine Beswick, Chris Adcock

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Episode 15

Whatever Happened to George Foster?

1h7.0 / 10

Drake must stop a wealthy British industrialist who is subverting a small nation to his own ends.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Adrienne Corri, Patsy Smart, Richard Caldicot, Colin Douglas, Bernard Lee, Michael Collins

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Episode 16

A Room in the Basement

1h7.0 / 10

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.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Jane Merrow, William Lucas, Gerard Heinz, Jack May, John Cater

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Episode 17

The Affair at Castelevara

1h7.0 / 10

Drake and his American counterparts have competing plans to prevent the execution of a former Central American Revolutionary.

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Guest stars Aubrey Morris, Martin Benson, Eric Pohlmann, André Morell, Richard Leech, Charles Tingwell, Brian Worth, David Graham

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Episode 18

The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

1h7.0 / 10

After a car wreck, Drake finds himself enmeshed in a strange plot surrounding a casino.

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Directed by Don ChaffeyGuest stars Francis de Wolff, Patsy Rowlands, Edward Underdown, Desmond Llewelyn, James Payne, Peter Gill

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Episode 19

It's Up to the Lady

1h7.0 / 10

Drake follows a couple on the run to Greece to prevent them from defecting.

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Directed by Michael TrumanGuest stars Sylvia Syms

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Episode 20

Have a Glass of Wine

1h7.0 / 10

In France's wine country, Drake, a Russian agent and a local spy compete for control of a woman bearing military secrets.

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Guest stars Michael Balfour, Larry Taylor

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Episode 21

The Mirror's New

1h7.0 / 10

A British diplomat in Paris goes missing for a day, but can't seem to remember what happened.

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Directed by Michael TrumanGuest stars Donald Houston, Wanda Ventham, Nicola Pagett, Jerome Willis

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Episode 22

Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet

1h7.0 / 10finale

Drake trails two scientists to the West Indies.

Episode credits

Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Malcolm Hulke

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Danger Man

Cast

Patrick McGoohanJohn Drake
Robert RaglanDr. Stanifors
Patricia DriscollCatherine Archer
Andrew FauldsMullins
John G. HellerManuel
William LucasBernhard
Howard Marion-CrawfordArcher
Jerome WillisSecond Pursuer

Credits

Created by
Ralph Smart
Written by
Brian Clemens, Jo Eisinger, Ian Stuart Black, Marc Brandel, Jack Whittingham, Norman Hudis, Michael Pertwee, Wilfred Greatorex, Tony Williamson, Louis Marks, David Weir

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
86
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ITV1United Kingdom
  • ITC EntertainmentUnited Kingdom

Themes

spy