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Season 1

  • S01E01 View from the Villa

    • September 11, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E02 Time to Kill

    • September 18, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E03 Josetta

    • September 25, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E04 The Blue Veil

    • October 2, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E05 The Lovers

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

  • S01E06 The Girl in Pink Pyjamas

    • October 16, 1960
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    When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pyjamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.

  • S01E07 Position of Trust

    • October 23, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E08 The Lonely Chair

    • October 30, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E09 The Sanctuary

    • November 6, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E10 An Affair of State

    • November 13, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E11 The Key

    • November 20, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E12 The Sisters

    • November 27, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E13 The Prisoner

    • December 4, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E14 The Traitor

    • December 11, 1960
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    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.'

  • S01E15 Colonel Rodriguez

    • December 18, 1960
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    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.

  • S01E16 The Island

    • January 1, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E17 Find and Return

    • January 8, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E18 The Girl Who Liked G.I.s

    • January 15, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E19 Name, Date and Place

    • January 22, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E20 Vacation

    • January 29, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E21 The Conspirators

    • February 5, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E22 The Honeymooners

    • April 2, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E23 The Gallows Tree

    • April 9, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E24 The Relaxed Informer

    • April 16, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E25 The Brothers

    • April 23, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E26 The Journey Ends Halfway

    • April 30, 1961
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    Drake travels to China to investigate the disappearance of an eminent doctor who had been trying to escape the Communist regime.

  • S01E27 Bury the Dead

    • May 7, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E28 Sabotage

    • May 14, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E29 The Contessa

    • May 21, 1961
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    A freak accident leads to the discovery of a drug smuggling ring. The group operates by sneaking cocaine across borders in padded jackets, leading John Drake to nab one of the coats for his investigation. Posing as one of the smugglers, he soon makes contact with a Contessa; but believing her husband to be the one behind the operation, Drake continues to search for his whereabouts.

  • S01E30 The Leak

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

  • S01E31 The Trap

    • June 4, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E32 The Actor

    • June 11, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E33 Hired Assassin

    • June 18, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E34 The Deputy Coyannis Story

    • December 16, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E35 Find and Destroy

    • December 23, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E36 Under the Lake

    • December 30, 1961
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    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.

  • S01E37 The Nurse

    • January 6, 1962
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    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.

  • S01E38 Dead Man Walks

    • January 13, 1962
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    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.

  • S01E39 Deadline

    • January 20, 1962
    • ITV1

    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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Yesterday's Enemies

    • October 13, 1964
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E02 The Professionals

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

  • S02E03 Colony Three

    • October 27, 1964
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E04 The Galloping Major

    • November 3, 1964
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    Sent to Africa to monitor an election, Drake discovers a danger far more devious than ballot-stuffing.

  • S02E05 Fair Exchange

    • November 10, 1964
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    John Drake must follow an avenging agent, bent on murderous revenge.

  • S02E06 Fish on the Hook

    • November 17, 1964
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    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.

  • S02E07 The Colonel's Daughter

    • November 24, 1964
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    The death of a butterfly collector's assistant in India opens an unlikely investigation.

  • S02E08 The Battle of the Cameras

    • December 1, 1964
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    Agent John Drake becomes a gambler in the South of France to infiltrate the mysterious world of international secrets for sale.

  • S02E09 No Marks for Servility

    • December 8, 1964
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    In a Roman villa, Drake becomes an unwilling manservant to an unscrupulous extortionist.

  • S02E10 A Man to be Trusted

    • December 15, 1964
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    Drake is sent to the Caribbean to investigate a murder and see if the local intelligence contact can be relied on.

  • S02E11 Don't Nail Him Yet

    • December 22, 1964
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    Drake poses as a put-upon schoolteacher to win the confidence of a suspected spy.

  • S02E12 A Date with Doris

    • December 29, 1964
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    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""

  • S02E13 That's Two of Us Sorry

    • January 5, 1965
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    Fingerprints left at the scene of a robbery in Scotland appear to belong to an agent whose been dead twenty years.

  • S02E14 Such Men Are Dangerous

    • January 12, 1965
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    Posing as an ex-con, Drake is recruited by an ultra-right wing organisation that trains assassins to eliminate world leaders.

  • S02E15 Whatever Happened to George Foster?

    • January 19, 1965
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E16 A Room in the Basement

    • February 2, 1965
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    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.

  • S02E17 The Affair at Castelevara

    • February 9, 1965
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    Drake and his American counterparts have competing plans to prevent the execution of a former Central American Revolutionary.

  • S02E18 The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

    • February 16, 1965
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    After a car wreck, Drake finds himself enmeshed in a strange plot surrounding a casino.

  • S02E19 It's Up to the Lady

    • February 23, 1965
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    Drake follows a couple on the run to Greece to prevent them from defecting.

  • S02E20 Have a Glass of Wine

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

  • S02E21 The Mirror's New

    • March 9, 1965
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    A British diplomat in Paris goes missing for a day, but can't seem to remember what happened.

  • S02E22 Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet

    • March 16, 1965
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    Drake trails two scientists to the West Indies.

Season 3

Season 4

  • S04E01 Koroshi

    • January 5, 1968
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    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.

  • S04E02 Shinda Shima

    • January 12, 1968
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    Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.

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