List of Danger Man episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the British television series Danger Man.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
13911 September 1960 (1960-09-11)20 January 1962 (1962-01-20)
22213 October 1964 (1964-10-13)16 March 1965 (1965-03-16)
32330 September 1965 (1965-09-30)7 April 1966 (1966-04-07)
425 January 1968 (1968-01-05)12 January 1968 (1968-01-12)

Episodes

Episodes were usually not aired in production order. Broadcast order varied widely between the UK and US. In fact, CBS, the US broadcaster, used it only as a summer replacement for Wanted: Dead or Alive and did not air even half of the run.

Although aired over the course of 18 months, the first 39 episodes are considered one series.

Series 1 (1960–62)

Airdate is for ATV London ITV regions varied date and order.

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11"View from the Villa"Terry BishopBrian Clemens & Ralph Smart11 September 1960 (1960-09-11)002

Guest cast: Barbara Shelley, Delphi Lawrence ... John Lee, Colin Douglas, Philip Latham, Court Benson, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Houston, Raymond Young, Marie Burke

Drake travels to Italy to investigate the murder of American banker Frank Delroy, who was suspected of embezzling five million dollars' worth of gold.
22"Time to Kill"Ralph SmartBrian Clemens & Ian Stuart Black18 September 1960 (1960-09-18)004

Guest cast: ... Sarah Lawson ... Lionel Murton, Derren Nesbitt, Carl Jaffe, Louise Collins, Anthony Jacobs, Endre Muller, Edward Hardwicke, Harvey Hall

Drake balks when he is ordered to kill an assassin and intends to capture him. His plans are thwarted by an interfering Swedish school teacher.
33"Josetta"Michael TrumanRalph Smart25 September 1960 (1960-09-25)028

Guest cast: Kenneth Haigh, Julia Arnall ... Campbell Singer, Randal Kinkead, Clare Gordon, Glenn Beck, Robert Bernal, Cecil Brock, Anthony Viccars, Michael Graham

Drake helps a blind woman find and identify her brother's killer.
44"The Blue Veil"Charles FrendDon Inglis & Ralph Smart2 October 1960 (1960-10-02)016

Guest cast: Laurence Naismith ... Lisa Gastoni ... Ferdy Mayne, Joseph Cuby, Peter Thornton

Drake flies to the Arabian desert to investigate stories of slavery and helps a stranded showgirl.
55"The Lovers"Peter Graham ScottJo Eisinger & Doreen Montgomery9 October 1960 (1960-10-09)017

Guest cast: Maxine Audley ... Martin Miller, Michael Ripper, Ewen Solon, Carl Bernard, Hermione Gregory

Drake has a surprise when he receives a telephone call from an old enemy named Miguel Torres. Torres asks for Drake's help in preventing an assassination.
66"The Girl in Pink Pyjamas"Peter Graham ScottSt : Brian Clemens;
Sc : Ian Stuart Black & Ralph Smart
16 October 1960 (1960-10-16)012

Guest cast: Angela Brown, John Crawford, Alan Tilvern ... Robert Raglan, Richard Warner, Robert Cawdron, Colette Wilde, Frederick Schiller, Harvey Hall, Richard Marner, Janine Gray

A young woman is found wandering in a dazed condition along a lonely road in a Balkan state. She provides Drake with a clue to the mystery surrounding the attempted assassination of the country’s president.
77"Position of Trust"Ralph SmartSt : Ralph Smart;
Sc : Jo Eisinger
23 October 1960 (1960-10-23)007

Guest cast: Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell ... John Phillips, Gilbert Winfield, Irene Prador, Martin Benson, Madeleine Kasket, Derek Godfrey, Derrick Sherwin

Drake travels to a Middle East country to find how opium is supplied to criminal syndicates.
88"The Lonely Chair"Charles FrendJohn Roddick & Ralph Smart30 October 1960 (1960-10-30)025

Guest cast: Hazel Court, Sam Wanamaker, Richard Wattis ... Patrick Troughton, Howard Pays, Jack Melford, Alexander Archdale, Robert Harbin, Dorothy Hersee, Clifford Earl, Liz Lanchbury

Drake impersonates a wealthy industrialist whose daughter has been kidnapped.
99"The Sanctuary"Charles FrendJohn Roddick & Ralph Smart6 November 1960 (1960-11-06)018

Guest cast: Kieron Moore ... Wendy Williams, Barry Keegan, Charles Farrell, Shay Gorman, John Rae, Ewen MacDuff, Peter Murray

To uncover an IRA cell Drake impersonates a prisoner who has just been released after serving a sentence for a violent bomb outrage. His deception lands him into a web of drama and danger.
1010"An Affair of State"Peter Graham ScottOscar Brodny13 November 1960 (1960-11-13)009

Guest cast: Patrick Wymark, John Le Mesurier ... Dorothy White, Warren Mitchell, Alan Gifford, Victor Baring, Michael Hitchman, Andre Charise, Anthony Viccars, Fenella Fielding

Drake flies to a small Caribbean state when an American economics expert, sent there to check on the country’s finances and gold reserves before America agrees to a large loan, is reported to have committed suicide.
1111"The Key"Seth HoltSt : Ralph Smart;
Sc : Jack Whittingham
20 November 1960 (1960-11-20)001

Guest cast: Robert Flemyng, Monique Ahrens ... Charles Carson, Charles Gray, Peter Swanwick, Charles Lloyd Pack, Martin Sterndale

Drake loses no time in getting to know Logan and his attractive Continental wife, Maria. He tells Logan that he has been ordered to contact him with instructions to encode a message for cabling to Washington.
1212"The Sisters"Seth HoltSt : Brian Clemens;
Sc : Jo Eisinger
27 November 1960 (1960-11-27)008

Guest cast: Mai Zetterling, Barbara Murray, Richard Wattis ... Sydney Tafler ... Anthony Dawson, Martin Wyldeck, Hedger Wallace, Michael Hunt, Michael Jacques, Antonia Gilpin, Margo Mayne

Which girl is telling the truth? This is the problem that faces Drake when a refugee from a mid-European country flees to England and pleads for political asylum.
1313"The Prisoner"Terry BishopRalph Smart & Robert Stewart4 December 1960 (1960-12-04)024

Guest cast: William Sylvester ... June Thorburn, William Lucas ... Michael Peake, Keith Goodman, John Slavid

A U.S. Diplomat has been forced to live within the walls of his embassy for five years, denied egress by the host country. Drake convinces a concert pianist to impersonate the diplomat, in an attempt to win his freedom.
1414"The Traitor"Terry BishopJohn Roddick11 December 1960 (1960-12-11)014

Guest cast: Ronald Howard, Barbara Shelley ... Jack Watling, Warren Mitchell, Derek Sydney, George A. Cooper, Guy Deghy

What makes a man a traitor? Drake finds out when his latest assignment takes him to Kashmir, in Northern India, and to drama high up a mountain in a lonely bungalow with a renegade Englishman and his beautiful wife.
1515"Colonel Rodriguez"Julian AmyesRalph Smart18 December 1960 (1960-12-18)021

Guest cast: Noel Willman, Maxine Audley ... Honor Blackman, Ronald Allen, Campbell Singer, Cyril Shaps, Pearl Prescod, Neville Becker, Lloyd Reckord, Brian Jackson

The treacherous Colonel Rodriguez has arrested an innocent American journalist on charges of spying. Drake must find a means of freeing him.
1616"The Island"Pennington RichardsBrian Clemens & Ralph Smart1 January 1961 (1961-01-01)029

Guest cast: Allan Cuthbertson, Peter Stephens ... Ann Firbank, Michael Ripper, Ronan O'Casey, Richard Thorp, Charles Irwin, Nyree Dawn Porter

Drake, an heiress, and two assassins are stranded on a small island after a plane crash. The assassins and Drake strive to convince the sole inhabitant on the island the truth about who is a prisoner and who is a guard.
1717"Find and Return"Seth HoltJo Eisinger8 January 1961 (1961-01-08)003

Guest cast: Moira Lister, Donald Pleasence, Richard Wattis ... Paul Stassino, Zena Marshall, Warren Mitchell, Keith Rawlings, Frank Thornton, Nancy Seabrook

A woman is wanted by the British authorities on charges of espionage. Drake travels to the Middle East to find her and retrieve her passport.
1818"The Girl Who Liked G.I.'s"Michael TrumanMarc Brandel & Ralph Smart15 January 1961 (1961-01-15)034

Guest cast: Anna Gaylor, Anthony Bushell ... Nigel Green, Paul Maxwell, Charles Farrell, Garydon Gould, Bill Edwards, Rudolf Offenbach, Betty Le Beau

In Munich, Drake investigates the murder of a G.I. and makes a date with his German girlfriend. Is she an innocent or a spy?
1919"Name, Date and Place"Charles FrendRalph Smart & John Roddick22 January 1961 (1961-01-22)031

Guest cast: Cyril Raymond, Richard Wattis ... Kathleen Byron, Patricia Marmont, Jean Marsh, Susan Travers, Delena Kidd, Olive McFarland, Guy Deghy, Frederick Piper

Does a "Murder Incorporated" organisation exist? Drake arranges his own murder.
2020"Vacation"Patrick McGoohanRalph Smart29 January 1961 (1961-01-29)037

Guest cast: Hugh McDermott, Esmond Knight ... Jacqueline Ellis, Barrie Ingham, Lawrence Davidson, John Wynyard, Richard Clarke, Charles Lloyd-Pack

Travelling to Nice, Drake sits next to a man he recognises as an assassin. Drake takes his place, but who is the victim?
2121"The Conspirators"Michael TrumanRalph Smart & John Roddick5 February 1961 (1961-02-05)030

Guest cast: Patricia Driscoll, Terence Longdon ... Hugh Moxey, Alfred Burke, Percy Herbert, Rory McDermot, Neil McCarthy, Michael Sands, Ian Ellis, Timothy Benke

Drake is sent to a remote island to protect the wife of a murdered diplomat who is writing a book exposing the truth.
2222"The Honeymooners"Charles FrendRalph Smart & Lewis Davidson2 April 1961 (1961-04-02)033

Guest cast: Lee Montague, Ronald Allen, Sally Bazely ... Michael Peake, Kerrigan Prescott, Sheldon Lawrence, Anthony Chin, Eric Young, Myo Toon, Barbara Lee, Jimmy Fung

A groom accused of murder and awaiting execution in the Far East is a pawn in a power struggle between the country's Prime Minister and Defence Minister. All is not what it seems.
2323"The Gallows Tree"Michael TrumanRalph Smart & Marc Brandel9 April 1961 (1961-04-09)036

Guest cast: Paul Rogers, Wendy Craig, Raymond Huntley ... Ewan Roberts, Andrew Crawford, John Glyn-Jones, John Rae, Reginald Hearne, Gareth Tandy, Michael Bird, Finlay Currie

In Scotland, a stolen car is recovered bearing the fingerprints of long dead masterspy. Is he still alive and working?
2424"The Relaxed Informer"Anthony BushellRalph Smart & Robert Stewart16 April 1961 (1961-04-16)022

Guest cast: Duncan Lamont, Moira Redmond ... Paul Maxwell, Brian Rawlinson, Stanley Van Beers, Tom Gill, Pauline Letts, Henri Vidon, Charles Vance

In Bavaria, Drake intercepts an enemy courier. Who is supplying the secrets? What is the connection to an isolated religious sect?
2525"The Brothers"Charles FrendRalph Smart23 April 1961 (1961-04-23)020

Guest cast: Lisa Gastoni, George Coulouris ... Ronald Fraser, Derren Nesbitt, John Woodvine, Nancy Beckh, Gino Melvazzi, Rodney Burice, Wesley Murphy

A diplomatic satchel is stolen by bandits when a plane crashes off the coast of Sicily. Drake must deal with the bandits to retrieve the satchel.
2626"The Journey Ends Halfway"Clive DonnerIan Stuart Black30 April 1961 (1961-04-30)006

Guest cast: Paul Daneman, Willoughby Goddard, Anna May Wong ... Paul Hardtmuth, Martin Boddey, Burt Kwouk, R. Bobby Naidoo, Eric Young, Gerry Lee, Anthony Chin, Lian-Shin Yang

Drake uses the guise of a Czech engineer to find out who is betraying people trying to escape from Communist China.
2727"Bury the Dead"Clive DonnerSt : Brian Clemens;
Sc : Ralph Smart
7 May 1961 (1961-05-07)011

Guest cast: Beverly Garland ... Dermot Walsh, Paul Stassino, Patrick Troughton, George Murcell, George Eugeniou and Robert Shaw

In Sicily, Drake finds out the truth about the death of another agent who was investigating a gun-running operation.
2828"Sabotage"Peter Graham ScottMichael Pertwee & Ian Stuart Black14 May 1961 (1961-05-14)013

Guest cast: Maggie Fitzgibbon, Yvonne Romain ... Oliver Burt, Alex Scott, R. Bobby Naidoo, Lyn Ashley, Jimmy Fung, John Sterland, Peter Dolphin

A transport plane flying over South East Asia explodes. Drake helps the widow of the pilot find the cause of the tragedy.
2929"The Contessa"Terry BishopJohn Roddick & Ralph Smart21 May 1961 (1961-05-21)027

Guest cast: Hazel Court ... John Wyse, Lionel Murton ... Ralph Truman, Bill Nagy, Jennifer Jayne, Irene Prador, Dudley Foster, Edward Cast, Jackie Collins, Glenn Beck

Drake works undercover as a seaman to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation in Italy.
3030"The Leak"Anthony BushellRalph Smart & Brian Clemens28 May 1961 (1961-05-28)032

Guest cast: Zena Marshall, Bernard Archard, Marne Maitland ... Anthony Dawson, Lawrence Davidson, Walter Gotell, William Peacock, Barry Shawzin, Patsy Smart, Joseph Cuby, Eric Pohlmann

Drake travels to the Middle East to find out why people near a nuclear plant are showing signs of radiation poisoning.
3131"The Trap"Pennington RichardsRalph Smart & John Roddick4 June 1961 (1961-06-04)038

Guest cast: Jeanne Moody, Noel Trevarthen, Marie Burke ... Alan Gifford, Louise Collins, Georgina Cookson, Victor Rietti, Miki Iveria, John Bonney, Patrick Maynard, Graham Stewart

A woman working as a cipher clerk at the American embassy in London travels to Italy with her new fiancé. Drake follows to find out whether it is true love.
3232"The Actor"Michael TrumanMarc Brandel11 June 1961 (1961-06-11)039

Guest cast: Rupert Davies, Gary Cockrell ... Julie Allan, Patsy Rowlands, Burt Kwouk, Andy Ho, Eric Young, Sam Chowdhary, Chin-Yu, Soo Bee Lee

A Hong Kong radio station is embedding secrets in its broadcasts. Drake gets a job there to find out who is the spy.
3333"Hired Assassin"Charles FrendRalph Smart & John Roddick18 June 1961 (1961-06-18)035

Guest cast: Alan Wheatley, Cyril Shaps, Nyall Florenz ... Judy Carne, Wensley Pithey, Bill Nagy, Harry Lockart, J. Leslie Frith, Charles Hill, Frank Thornton, Camilla Hasse

Drake infiltrates a terrorist group planning to kill a Latin American president.
3434"The Deputy Coyannis Story"Peter Graham ScottJo Eisinger16 December 1961 (1961-12-16)019

Guest cast: John Phillips, Charles Gray ... Heather Chasen, Liam Gaffney, Stuart Hutchinson, Peter Welch, Julie Hopkins, Robert Raglan, Leonard Sachs, Bartlett Mullins

Drake is sent to a Balkan country to find out if aid money is being stolen.
3535"Find and Destroy"Charles FrendRalph Smart & John Roddick23 December 1961 (1961-12-23)023

Guest cast: Peter Arne ... Nadja Regin ... Peter Sallis, Helen Horton, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Alec Mango, Richard Clarke, Brad Dancy, Rebecca Dignam

A miniature submarine is beached on the coast of South America. Drake has to destroy it before enemy agents can discover its secrets.
3636"Under the Lake"Seth HoltJack Whittingham30 December 1961 (1961-12-30)005

Guest cast: Christopher Rhodes, Hermione Baddeley ... Moira Redmond, Lionel Murton, Roger Delgado, Walter Gotell, Norman Florence, Jack Cunningham, Andrew Downie, Reginald Jessup

A counterfeit operation is circulating US dollars. Drake follows a man and his daughter to find the source of the fake money. (N.B. The episode opens with the mention "Zurich" but with a view of Brussels' townhall.)
3737"The Nurse"Peter Graham ScottRalph Smart & Brian Clemens6 January 1962 (1962-01-06)015

Guest cast: Eileen Moore, Jack MacGowran, Eric Pohlman ... Robert Ayres, Heather Chasen, Harold Kasket, Harry Lockart, David Oxley, Andrew Faulds, Maxwell Shaw, Harold Siddons

Drake helps a pretty Scots nurse protect the heir to the throne of a Middle East country.
3838"Dead Man Walks"Charles FrendRalph Smart & Brian Clemens13 January 1962 (1962-01-13)026

Guest cast: Richard Wattis, Marla Landi, Julia Arnall ... Richard Pearson, Michael Ripper, Bryan Coleman, Joanna Dunham, William Peacock and Zia Mohyeddin

A group of scientists researching bacterial warfare made a dramatic discovery. Now they are being killed. Drake travels to Kashmir to find out why.
3939"Deadline"Peter Graham ScottSt : Ian Stuart Black;
Sc : Jo Eisinger
20 January 1962 (1962-01-20)010

Guest cast: William Marshall, Edric Connor, Barbara Chilcott ... Christopher Carlos, Earl Cameron, Lionel Ngakane, Andre Dakar, John Harrison, Lloyd Reckord, Harcourt Curacao, Pearl Prescod

An African country is on the brink of civil war after a murder. Drake plunges into jungle to find those responsible.

Series 2 (1964–65)

Series 2 and 3 were broadcast as Danger Man in the UK and Secret Agent in the US. Airdate is for ATV Midlands; ITV regions varied date and order.

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401"Yesterday's Enemies"Charles CrichtonDonald Jonson13 October 1964 (1964-10-13)048

Guest cast: Maureen Connell, Howard Marion Crawford, Anton Rodgers, Joan Hickson, Peter Copley, Patricia Driscoll, Aubrey Morris ... Peter Madden, Ivor Salter, April Wilding, Lynn Taylor, George Eugeniou, George Zenios, Nadim Sawalha, Raul Alkazzi

Secrets are going astray in Beirut. Has a former British agent (Howard Marion Crawford) set up his own spy ring?
412"The Professionals"Michael TrumanWilfred Greatorex & Louis Marks20 October 1964 (1964-10-20)043

Guest cast: Helen Cherry ... Nadja Regin, Jerry Stovin, Alex Scott ... John Welsh, Noel Johnson, Joan Young, Steve Plytas, Hana Pravda, Jan Conrad, Stella Courtney, John G. Heller, Brenda Dunrich, Charles Laszlo

An M9 agent is missing. Drake goes undercover in Prague to find him and is targeted by a Czech spy and his femme fatale.
423"Colony Three"Don ChaffeyDonald Jonson27 October 1964 (1964-10-27)049

Guest cast: Glyn Owen, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Arne, Katherine Woodville ... George Mikell, Peter Madden, Edward Underdown, Cicely Paget-Bowman, Peter Jesson, Laurence Herder, Charles Laszlo

British communists are disappearing behind the Iron Curtain. Drake follows their trail to a replica of a British town used to acquaint Russian infiltrators with British ways.
434"The Galloping Major"Peter MaxwellDavid Stone3 November 1964 (1964-11-03)047

Guest cast: William Marshall ... Errol John, Earl Cameron, Edric Connor, Arnold Diamond, Jill Melford ... Geoffrey Lumsden, Nora Nicholson, Lloyd Reckord, Zakes Mokae, Danny Daniels, Heather Emmanuel, Ron Blackman, Jimmy Falana, Willie Payne

Posing as Major Sullivan, Drake is sent to protect a new African government from election-time deceit and violence. Dodging an industrialist's predatory wife (Jill Melford), Drake discovers the real deceit, and his last-minute plot makes the election more honest than anyone else intended.
445"Fair Exchange"Charles CrichtonWilfred Greatorex & Marc Brandel10 November 1964 (1964-11-10)042

Guest cast: Lelia Goldoni ... James Maxwell, George Mikell, Andre van Gyseghem, Barry Linehan, Edwin Apps, Raymond Adamson, Noel Howlett, Kenneth Adams, Thomas Gallagher, John Kirby, Hugo De Vernier, Jeremy Tunnecliffe, Bernard Davies, Ernest Lindsay, Bruce Wightman

British agent Elizabeth Lanzig (Lelia Goldoni) vows revenge on the East German spymaster who tortured her. Drake is ordered to stop her, and finally succeeds by kidnapping the son of a rival spymaster (Andre van Gyseghem) and exchanging him for her.
456"Fish on the Hook"Robert DayJohn Roddick & Michael Pertwee17 November 1964 (1964-11-17)040

Guest cast: Dawn Addams ... Zena Marshall, Terence Longdon, Martin Miller, Peter Bowles, Vladek Sheybal, Michael Godfrey, Harvey Hall, Robert Henderson, Clive Russell, Walter Randall, Durra, Prem Bakshi, Karen Clare

The name "Fish" hides the identity of the organiser of a complex espionage system who is in danger of being exposed unless Drake is successful in his hazardous mission to Egypt.
467"The Colonel's Daughter"Philip LeacockDavid Weir24 November 1964 (1964-11-24)044

Guest cast: Virginia Maskell ... Michael Trubshawe, Warren Mitchell, Zia Mohyeddin, John Bennett, George Pastell ... Kenneth Adams, Frank Olegario, Michael Nightingale, Kumar Ranji, Balu Patel, Dean Francis, Zoe Zephyr, Jaron Yaltan

In India, a retired colonel ekes out his pension by collecting and selling butterfly specimens. When the colonel's assistant dies mysteriously, Drake is sent to investigate, and ends up getting help from a local policeman, whose own investigation Drake pursues. Finally, both trails entwine.
478"The Battle of the Cameras"Don ChaffeyPhilip Broadley1 December 1964 (1964-12-01)051

Guest cast: Dawn Addams ... Niall MacGinnis, Frederick Bartman, Peter Madden, Patrick Newell ... Jose Berlinka, Gilbert France, John Serret, Henry De Bray, Hugo De Vernier

On the French Riviera, Drake poses as playboy gambler Peter Simons to gain the confidence of crafty spy czar A.J.A. Kent (Niall MacGinnis) and his accomplices, the beautiful Martine (Dawn Addams) and judo master Genicot (Frederick Bartman). Compromised by an overeager assistant (Patrick Newell) who is photographed and identified, Drake feigns gullible drunkenness and turns a trap around on his enemies.
489"No Marks for Servility"Don ChaffeyRalph Smart8 December 1964 (1964-12-08)052

Guest cast: Mervyn Johns ... Francesca Annis, Howard Marion Crawford, Suzan Farmer ... Peter Illing, Peter Madden, John Cazabon, Elizabeth Ashley, Frederick Piper, John G. Heller

International extortionist Gregori Benares (Howard Marion Crawford) marries a lovely young Englishwoman (Suzan Farmer) and takes her to Rome; they stay in a villa where the butler is John Drake. An ally of the shy wife and implacable enemy of the sadistic Benares, Drake exposes the man's kidnapping plot.
4910"A Man to be Trusted"Peter MaxwellRaymond Bowers15 December 1964 (1964-12-15)050

Guest cast: Harvey Ashby, Patricia Donahue, Ralph Michael, Eunice Gayson ... Wanda Ventham, Christopher Carlos, Alvaro Fontana, Harry Baird, Tracy Connell, The Boscoe Holder Dancers

Posing as a Scotland Yard detective, Drake arrives in the West Indies to investigate a murder and test the reliability of the local contact for British intelligence, a flamboyant Colonel Mora (Harvey Ashby). After close calls with women and voodoo cults, Drake sorts the evil from the good.
5011"Don't Nail Him Yet"Michael TrumanPhilip Broadley22 December 1964 (1964-12-22)041

Guest cast: John Fraser ... Sheila Allen ... Anthony Dawson, Raymond Adamson, Edwin Apps, Edward Chapman, Edward Cast, Wendy Richard, Leonard Monaghan, Keith Bell, Jackie Pearce, Nicholas Hawtrey, Ian Collin

British intelligence suspects that Rawson (John Fraser) is selling secrets. Drake poses as a wimpy schoolteacher picked on by teenagers, wins Rawson's friendship, and trails him to a soccer game, but resists simply pulling Rawson in until he can prove the treason. Following the man to a bookstore, Drake sees his quarry bolt, but discovers an accomplice (Sheila Allen) and sinister spymaster.
5112"A Date with Doris"Quentin LawrencePhilip Broadley29 December 1964 (1964-12-29)054

Guest cast: Jane Merrow, Ronald Radd ... Eric Pohlmann, James Maxwell ... Marne Maitland, Richard Bebb, David Lander, David Cargill, Carlos Douglas, Micky Ventura, Alvaro Fontana, David Charlesworth, Guido Ardoni, Donald Tandy, Charles Hill, Magda Konopke, Richard Owens, Juan Llinares, Michael Martin, Roy Vincente, Peter Brayham, Michael Marten, and The Islanders

In a revolutionary Latin American state, Drake's friend Peter is framed for the murder of a general's mistress. Extracting the wounded Peter is a job for Drake, undercover as a journalist; and he finds an unlikely ally. When the general himself joins the chase, the escape becomes a matter of hairbreadth timing.
5213"That's Two of Us Sorry"Quentin LawrenceJan Read5 January 1965 (1965-01-05)046

Guest cast: Francesca Annis ... Finlay Currie, Nigel Green, Duncan Lamont, Brian Phelan ... Graham Crowden, Barbara Lott, Julie Wallace, Duncan McIntrye, Rory MacDermot, Sara Branch, Stephen Jack, John Southworth, Ian Flintoff

Drake is sent to a remote Scottish island to investigate a set of fingerprints that belong to a spy who was long thought dead. The results surprise (and chagrin) everyone.
5314"Such Men Are Dangerous"Don ChaffeyRalph Smart12 January 1965 (1965-01-12)055

Guest cast: Lee Montague ... Jack MacGowran, Zia Mohyeddin, Jack Gwillim, John Cairney, Alan Wheatley, Georgina Ward ... Peter Madden, Robert O'Neil, Thomas Baptiste, Roger Maxwell, Tom Gill, Ivor Salter, Erik Chitty, Dorinda Stevens, Patrick Connor, David Cargill, Henry Kay, Martine Beswick, Judy Huxtable, Ann Colston

Drake takes the place of an ex-convict recruited as an assassin by an organisation which believes its mission is to eliminate undesirable world leaders (identified in the episode as the Knights Templar). When sent on his first assignment, Drake allows his victim to escape, revealing his identity.
5415"Whatever Happened to George Foster?"Don ChaffeyDavid Stone19 January 1965 (1965-01-19)056

Guest cast: Adrienne Corri, Bernard Lee ... Jill Melford, Joyce Carey, Colin Douglas ... Patsy Smart, Richard Caldicot, Redmond Phillips, Jack Bligh, Michael Collins, Dorothea Phillips, Sonia Fox, Jeremy Ranchev, Barbara Leake, Bill Corlett, Eynon Evans, Dafydd Havard, Evan Thomas, Norman Wynne, Roderick Jones, Brian Anderson

By accident Drake discovers that a new Latin American republic is being sabotaged by a British industrialist (Bernard Lee) for his own ends. Inexorably, Drake hunts down the industrialist's shady past and trades it for the small nation's autonomy.
5516"A Room in the Basement"Don ChaffeyRalph Smart2 February 1965 (1965-02-02)057

Guest cast: Jane Merrow ... William Lucas, Michael Gwynn, Mark Dignam, Gerard Heinz, John Breslin, Edward Cast ... John Welsh, Jack May, Margo Johns, Kate O'Mara, John Cater, Jose Berlinka, Peter Elliott, Brenda Lawrence

Drake's old friend Keith is kidnapped by the opposition and held in the Embassy of Romania in Geneva. Called into unofficial action by Keith's wife, Susan (Jane Merrow), Drake enlists the help of two friends and Susan herself. She poses as a rich hysteric and he as her doctor. The four engineer a daring rooftop-to-basement rescue.
5617"The Affair at Castelevara"Quentin LawrenceJames Foster9 February 1965 (1965-02-09)058

Guest cast: ... Eric Pohlmann, Harold Goldblatt, Martin Benson, Andre Morell, Alan Gifford, Aubrey Morris, Brian Worth, Sonia Fox ... Charles Tingwell, Richard Leech, David Saire, David Graham, David Ritch, Clive Cazes, Paul Armstrong

Drake is sent to a Hispanic country where an heroic old revolutionary is scheduled for execution. The Americans have a plan to save him, but Drake has a better idea, one that involves a documentary film and a chase through a theatre that sports a Rock Hudson poster.
5718"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove"Don ChaffeyDavid Stone16 February 1965 (1965-02-16)053

Guest cast: Adrienne Corri, Eric Barker ... Francis De Wolff, Patsy Rowlands, Peter Butterworth ... Edward Underdown, Mike Pratt, John Cazabon, Desmond Llewelyn, Patrick Connor, Peter Gill, Terrance Hooper

Speeding on his way to the airport, Drake swerves to avoid a couple of young boys chasing a ball and loses control of his car. The rest of this story is supplied by Drake's subconscious: A duel of wits in which the hobo he passed on the road right before his accident morphs into the suave, sinister casino owner Mr. Alexander, whose unsavory deeds range from attempting to blackmail Drake to passing secrets via microdots on gambling chits.
5819"It's Up to the Lady"Michael TrumanPhilip Broadley23 February 1965 (1965-02-23)045

Guest cast: Sylvia Syms ... Robert Urquhart, Maxwell Shaw ... Peter Madden, Vera Cook, Harry Tardios, Meadows White, Sarah Brackett, Andreas Lysandrou, George Zenios, Antony Baird, John Bryans, William Hurndell, Sally Douglas

Charles Glover (Robert Urquhart), an idealistic Briton, flees eastward, and Drake follows Glover's wife Paula (Sylvia Syms ) to a Greek village, where the opposition, in the person of one Nicos (Maxwell Shaw), is determined to bag the couple. Drake must convince the wife to return with her husband to England, where he is told the man will receive amnesty.
5920"Have a Glass of Wine"Peter MaxwellDavid Stone2 March 1965 (1965-03-02)059

Guest cast: Ann Lynn ... Warren Mitchell, George Benson, Kathleen Breck, Victor Brooks ... Michael Balfour, Larry Taylor, Brian Weske, Anita Sharp Bolster, Ann Heffernan, Sarah Brackett, Roger Avon, Michael Corcoran

A spoof of France, and a chase across its wine country—mostly by night. Drake follows a blackmailed Englishwoman to France where her military secrets are passed to a Russian agent posing as a French wine merchant (Warren Mitchell). They are intercepted by a local female spy who believes she has outwitted both, until Drake turns the tables and brings his own bottle.
6021"The Mirror's New"Michael TrumanPhilip Broadley9 March 1965 (1965-03-09)060
A British diplomat (Donald Houston) in Paris goes missing for a day, and claims he can't remember it. Investigating, Drake improvises, first as a German-Irish encyclopaedia salesman and later as the diplomat's gambling buddy. Tortured by two men (one of them Frank Maher, McGoohan's own stunt double), Drake finds the diplomat's triple life has been financed by a dead man.
6122"Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet"Don ChaffeyMalcolm Hulke16 March 1965 (1965-03-16)061
Two English scientists, the Brooks, disappear from a beach. Pursuing them to Haiti, Drake finds a disputed dead man, hears a tale of zombie mineworkers, and meets Russian agent Nicola Tarasova (Moira Redmond). Both spies find themselves following the trail of Dessiles, a Russian atomic scientist wooed by an African government. Dessile's mine is the site of a narrow escape for Drake, along with temporary ally Tarasova and the missing Brooks couple.

Series 3 (1965–66)

Some books list episodes 3-1 to 3–10 as part of series 2 due to change of studio from 3–11. Airdates are again as for ATV Midlands.

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code
621"The Black Book"Michael TrumanPhilip Broadley30 September 1965 (1965-09-30)067
A British Embassy official is being blackmailed and Drake is sent to expose the blackmailers and eliminate their hold over the official. The trail leads to a black book of western blackmail targets.
632"A Very Dangerous Game"Don ChaffeyRalph Smart & David Stone7 October 1965 (1965-10-07)066
Drake takes the place of a defector (Anthony Dawson) in a plan to infiltrate Chinese Intelligence in Singapore.
643"Sting in the Tail"Peter YatesPhilip Broadley14 October 1965 (1965-10-14)065
Drake provokes the jealousy of a political assassin (Derren Nesbitt), wanted by the Parisian police, to leave the safety of Beirut.
654"You're Not in Any Trouble, Are You?"Don ChaffeyPhilip Broadley21 October 1965 (1965-10-21)062
In order to infiltrate a murder organisation Drake commissions his own murder.
665"Loyalty Always Pays"Peter YatesDavid Stone28 October 1965 (1965-10-28)070
The last message from an M9 agent in Africa reveals that China is about to gain a foothold in a country where Britain has financial interests. Drake is sent to discredit the Chinese.
676"The Mercenaries"Don ChaffeyRalph Smart4 November 1965 (1965-11-04)064
Drake has the job, following a murdered M9 agent, of infiltrating a group of mercenaries planning to depose an African leader on behalf of his rival.
687"Judgement Day"Don ChaffeySt : Michael J. Bird;
Sc : Donald Jonson
11 November 1965 (1965-11-11)068
Drake sent to the Middle East to bring back a German scientist accused of war crimes has to defend him against Israeli agents wanting their own brand of justice.
698"The Outcast"Michael TrumanDonald Jonson18 November 1965 (1965-11-18)063
When a Wren is murdered carrying secret papers and her missing boyfriend (Bernard Bresslaw) is the chief suspect, Drake follows him to Spain and befriends him in search of the truth.
709"English Lady Takes Lodgers"Michael TrumanDavid Stone25 November 1965 (1965-11-25)069
Drake investigates an agency in Lisbon dealing in stolen secrets and comes across a boarding house landlady (Gabriella Licudi) dealing in stolen passports.
7110"Are You Going to Be More Permanent?"Don ChaffeyPhilip Broadley2 December 1965 (1965-12-02)071
When M9 controllers mysteriously disappear in Geneva and a traitor is identified as one of three persons, Drake takes up the position of the new controller.
7211"To Our Best Friend"Patrick McGoohanRalph Smart9 December 1965 (1965-12-09)072
Drake finds himself assigned to find out if a colleague (Donald Houston) is a double agent. Unfortunately for him, that colleague is also his best friend.
7312"The Man on the Beach"Peter YatesPhilip Broadley16 December 1965 (1965-12-16)073
Drake is sent to Jamaica to identify an M9 double agent operating from a luxury hotel but spends his time drinking and lying on the beach much to his superiors' annoyance.
7413"Say It with Flowers"Peter YatesJacques Gillies23 December 1965 (1965-12-23)075
When money is drawn from the account of a dead freelance agent, Drake is sent to the clinic in Switzerland where the man had died three months previously.
7514"The Man Who Wouldn't Talk"Michael TrumanDonald Jonson & Ralph Smart30 December 1965 (1965-12-30)074
When the M9 regional controller is captured in Bulgaria, Drake must effect a rescue before he talks under torture.
7615"Someone Is Liable to Get Hurt"Michael TrumanPhilip Broadley6 January 1966 (1966-01-06)076
A Caribbean country's elections are threatened by an impending arms deal, but the local M9 agent has disappeared. Drake is sent to investigate.
7716"Dangerous Secret"Stuart BurgeRalph Smart & Donald Jonson13 January 1966 (1966-01-13)077
A leading pacifist scientist creates a lethal virus and not trusting the government flees to France pursued by Drake and other interested parties wanting the virus.
7817"I Can Only Offer You Sherry"George PollockRalph Smart20 January 1966 (1966-01-20)078
A leak from a British embassy in the Middle East leads Drake to an unassuming secretary (Wendy Craig) and, posing as a journalist, he befriends her.
7918"The Hunting Party"Pat JacksonPhilip Broadley27 January 1966 (1966-01-27)079
Drake poses as a butler to a man, and his domineering wealthy wife, suspected of leaking information to the newspapers. But how does he do it?
8019"Two Birds with One Bullet"Peter YatesJesse Lasky & Pat Silver10 March 1966 (1966-03-10)080
At a forthcoming Caribbean election in a British colony, M9 learn one of the parties plan to kill their own candidate to discredit the British. Drake has to protect the potential victim.
8120"I'm Afraid You Have the Wrong Number"George PollockRalph Smart17 March 1966 (1966-03-17)081
A British spymaster is kidnapped by enemy counterintelligence agents in Geneva. Drake has to find him and spring him before he talks and betrays the ring he has created in the enemy's embassy.
8221"The Man with the Foot"Jeremy SummersRaymond Bowers24 March 1966 (1966-03-24)082
Drake is sent on extended holiday when his cover is blown but he is pursued by another agent.
8322"The Paper Chase"Patrick McGoohanPhilip Broadley & Ralph Smart31 March 1966 (1966-03-31)083
Confidential papers are stolen from an embassy official in Rome. Drake is sent to recover them.
8423"Not So Jolly Roger"Don ChaffeyTony Williamson7 April 1966 (1966-04-07)084
A wartime offshore sea fort being used as a pirate radio station is transmitting secrets to an enemy submarine. One agent has already been murdered on the fort. Drake has to find out how the transmissions are being done and find the culprit amongst the crew.

Series 4 (1968)

Airdates are for ATV Midlands. ATV London broadcast on 19 February and 26 February 1967 respectively.

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code
851"Koroshi"Michael Truman & Peter YatesNorman Hudis5 January 1968 (1968-01-05)085
An M9 agent (Yoko Tani) is murdered in Tokyo while transmitting a message about the impending assassination of a United Nations mediator. Drake is assigned to protect the official.
862"Shinda Shima"Peter YatesNorman Hudis12 January 1968 (1968-01-12)086
Assigned to take the place of an electronics expert to infiltrate a Japanese murder brotherhood, Drake follows a trail to Shinda Shima ('the murdered island').

These two episodes, which were shot in colour, were broadcast in the US as the European cinema movie version, Koroshi. The show's abrupt cancellation, to make way for production and broadcast of star Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner, resulted in these final two shows airing in the UK early in 1968, when they were broadcast as fill-in episodes for The Prisoner which had fallen behind the scheduled UK transmission dates, replacing advertised Prisoner episodes that were not yet ready for broadcast. They were originally intended to be broadcast after the finale of The Prisoner in the UK. Some parts of the UK, as well as the US, never saw the episodes in their original form until their DVD release.

References

  1. 1 2 Before 1968 ATV transmitted weekdays in the Midlands and weekends in London. See History of ITV
  2. ↑ Pixley, Andrew A Complete Production Guide
  3. ↑ "It's Up to the Lady". danger-man.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2023.