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| Danger Man was a British television series broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968, featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.There has never been a full explanation of the relationship between Smart and McGoohan.John Drake and the degree to which McGoohan changed Smart's original ideas is unclear; that he did change them is accepted.Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.In the United States, CBS broadcast the series under the Danger Man title for the first season, and under the Secret Agent title for the second and third seasons.Pop culture references
1.American secret agent for a secret arm of NATO, though he often seemed at odds with his superiors about the ethics of the missions.Many of Drake's cases involved aiding democracy in foreign countries and he was also called upon to solve murders and crimes affecting the interests of either the U.Beginning with the second season (which aired several years after the first), episodes were increased to 60 minutes (after commercials) and Drake underwent retconning and became a British agent (though he identifies himself as Irish in one episode) working for a secret British government agency called M9.Other than the change of employer and nationality, Drake's mandate remains the same: to undertake missions involving national and global security.In an interview Clemens said
The pilot I wrote was called View From the Villa and it was set in Italy, but the production manager set the shoot on location in Portmeirion, which looked like Italy but which was much closer.And obviously the location stuck in Patrick McGoohan's mind, because that's where he shot his television series The Prisoner much later.The second unit director on the pilot, according to Clemens
shot some location and background stuff and sent the dailies back to the editing room at Elstree.Danger Man had subsequently been resold all around the world, whilst repeat showings had created a public clamour for new shows.Also, by this time James Bond had become popular, as had ITC's The Saint.British accent and did not clash with his bosses at first.Theme
Unlike the later James Bond films, Danger Man strove for realism, dramatising credible Cold War tensions.In the second series, Drake was an undercover agent of the British external intelligence agency (called "M9" instead of the actual MI6).Drake didn't always do what his masters told him to do.Drake to eavesdrop on conversations from a safe distance.People he trusts can turn out to be untrustworthy or incompetent; he finds unexpected allies.McGoohan denounced the sexual promiscuity of James Bond and The Saint, roles he rejected, though he did play romantic roles before Danger Man.The implication was always that it was impractical for him ever to launch any liaison.Century American Television, by Ron Lackmann, claims Danger Man was one of the most violent series ever produced.For example, Paul Eddington (The Good Life, Yes Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister), John Le Mesurier (Dad's Army), Anton Rodgers (Fresh Fields and May to December), Wendy Craig (several TV series, including Butterflies), Jean Marsh (Upstairs, Downstairs), and Susan Hampshire (Forsyte Saga, The First Churchills, The Pallisers.Later history and transition to The Prisoner
The fourth season consisted of only two episodes, "Koroshi" and "Shinda Shima", the only two in any of the series photographed in colour."Shinda Shima" was a pastiche of contemporary Bond movies.George Markstein as script editor.Markstein was then the Danger Man script consultant.Danger Man were subsequently hired for The Prisoner.The two colour episodes were aired in the UK as filler during a hiatus of The Prisoner in 1968, the same year they were edited together and released as the television film titled Koroshi.Danger Man script that had been planned for the fourth season.Secret agent John Drake and prisoner Number Six
It is debated by Prisoner fans whether or not John Drake of Danger Man and Number Six in The Prisoner are the same person.Moreover, in the surreal Prisoner episode "The Girl Who Was Death", Number Six meets "Potter", John Drake's Danger Man contact."The Girl Who Was Death" was an adaptation of an unused Danger Man story.The first Danger Man season includes four episodes which use footage filmed in the Welsh village of Portmeirion, which later became the setting of The Prisoner series.The Prisoner as a Danger Man continuation.Number Six before he was sent to The Village.Danger Man creator and producer Ralph Smart owned the "John Drake" character.Thus McGoohan would be obliged to deny any resemblance between prisoner Number Six and secret agent John Drake.Pop culture references
Danger Man has remained part of pop culture consciousness.Lovegrove" after a Danger Man episode.There also is a quick reference to the show in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date".On UK screens, it was parodied by the DangerMouse cartoon series.Danger Man in order to acknowledge the American broadcast and syndication title.However the episodes retain their original Danger Man opening credits, the first time these have been seen in the U.The US "Secret Agent" credits were included as an extra feature.Episodes
Episodes were usually not aired in production order.Broadcast order varied widely between UK and US.September 1960
View from the Villa
Frank Delroy, an American banker directly responsible for a large reserve of gold held in Rome as part of the United States' NATO contributions, is murdered.September 1960
Josetta
John Drake helps a blind woman trap her brother's killer.October 1960
The Blue Veil
John Drake is involved in one of his most colourful adventures when he flies to the Arabian desert to investigate stories of slavery and finds himself in the role of a knight errant helping a stranded showgirl.She is alive, but might as well be dead.But the girl is only 21.October 1960
The Lonely Chair
John Drake impersonates a wealthy industrialist whose daughter has been kidnapped.November 1960
The Key
Drake loses no time in getting to know Logan and his attractive Continental wife, Maria.November 1960
The Sisters
Which girl is telling the truth?European country flees to England and pleads for political asylum.December 1960
The Prisoner
A U.Diplomat has been forced to live within the walls of his embassy for five years, denied egress by the host country.John Drake convinces a concert pianist to impersonate the diplomat, in an attempt to win his freedom.John 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.Rodriguez
The treacherous Colonel Rodriguez has arrested an innocent American journalist on charges of spying.John Drake must find a means of freeing him.January 1961
The Girl who Liked G.April 1961
The Brothers
A plane crashes off the coast of Sicily.April 1961
The Journey Ends Halfway
John Drake finds himself involved in Oriental intrigue and adventure when, in the guise of a Czech engineer, he unravels the mystery of the disappearance of a distinguished doctor who has been trying to escape from Communist China.May 1961
Sabotage
A transport plane is on its way from Singapore to flew Guinea, in full radio contact with its base.An explosion sends the plane to its doom and its pilot, Paul Jason, to his death.December 1961
Under the Lake
John Drake has the pleasant task of getting to know a very attractive girl in the course of tracking down the mystery of one of the most fantastic counterfeit plots of all time.January 1962
The Nurse
A dramatic meeting with a pretty Scots nurse in the heart of the Arabian Desert plunges John Drake into one of most perilous adventures of his career and enables him to help the girl save a dynasty.January 1962
Deadline
John Drake plunges into the African jungle to find an attractive native woman who can tell him the truth about a murder that has sparked off a wave of terrorism which is likely to lead to a mass uprising.Seasons 2 and 3 were broadcast as Danger Man in the UK and Secret Agent in the US.December 1965
Are You Going to be More Permanent?Originally scheduled to be broadcast in autumn 1966 as part of a longer season, the show's abrupt cancellation, coupled with production and broadcast of The Prisoner, resulted in these final two shows not airing in the UK until early 1968, when they were broadcast concurrently with later episodes of The Prisoner.An additional Destination Danger novel by John Long was published in French and not printed in the US or UK.The book is not considered canonical with the rest of The Prisoner series, however.Fans of Danger Man really don't care.Drake as having ginger hair, a trait shared with Patrick Mcgoohan, but which was unseen as Danger Man had only been made in monochrome.In 1966, Gold Key Comics published two issues of a Secret Agent comic book based upon the series (this series should not be confused with Secret Agent, an unrelated comic book series published by Charlton Comics in 1967, formerly titled Sarge Steel).The Germans were particularly prolific, using 'John Drake' and a picture of McGoohan, as the cover for hundreds of 'krimi' magazines.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.Two episodes of Danger Man's third season are linked in an unusual way.The episodes, "You're Not in Any Trouble, Are You?""Are You Going to Be More Permanent?"Susan Hampshire as guest star, however playing different characters in each episode.Nevertheless, both episodes seem to echo one another, with similar lines of dialogue and identical props that are emphasized in both episodes (in particular, a doll).These two episodes also feature the song "Mio Amore Sta Lontano," which was used in other episodes as well.Martine in "The Battle of the Cameras", and as Gerdi in "Fish on the Hook".Interview with Brian Clemens, Classic Images website, May 1999.See Copyrights for details.This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldn't be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man.Danger Man was a British television series broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968, featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.In the United States, CBS broadcast the series under the Danger Man title for the first season, and under the Secret Agent title for the second and third seasons.Later history and transition to The Prisoner
1.American secret agent for a secret arm of NATO, though he often seemed at odds with his superiors about the ethics of the missions.Many of Drake's cases involved aiding democracy in foreign countries and he was also called upon to solve murders and crimes affecting the interests of either the U.Beginning with the second season (which aired several years after the first), episodes were increased to 60 minutes (after commercials) and Drake underwent retconning and became a British agent (though he identifies himself as Irish in one episode) working for a secret British government agency called M9.Other than the change of employer and nationality, Drake's mandate remains the same: to undertake missions involving national and global security.Pilot Episode
The pilot was written by Brian Clemens, who later wrote for the series The Avengers.And obviously the location stuck in Patrick McGoohan's mind, because that's where he shot his television series The Prisoner much later.The second unit director on the pilot, according to Clemens
shot some location and background stuff and sent the dailies back to the editing room at Elstree.The name of the second unit director?Early history
The series succeeded in Europe, making McGoohan famous.However, when American financing for a second season failed, the programme was cancelled.Danger Man had subsequently been resold all around the world, whilst repeat showings had created a public clamour for new shows.In other parts of the world, the series was titled "Destination Danger" or "John Drake".Theme
Unlike the later James Bond films, Danger Man strove for realism, dramatising credible Cold War tensions.Drake didn't always do what his masters told him to do.Developing a rule established in the first season, Drake was rarely armed though he engaged in fist fights, and what gadgets he used were credible.He usually plays a role to infiltrate a situation, e.As Drake gets involved in a case, things are rarely as they seem.Sometimes investigation fails, and he simply does something provocative to crack open the case.McGoohan denounced the sexual promiscuity of James Bond and The Saint, roles he rejected, though he did play romantic roles before Danger Man.The only exception to this rule was the two "linked episodes" of the series; Drake was also shown falling for the female lead in the episode The Black Book though nothing came of it; this episode is also one of the only scripts to directly address Drake's loneliness in his chosen profession.The implication was always that it was impractical for him ever to launch any liaison.Although the villains often were killed, Drake, himself, rarely killed.Century American Television, by Ron Lackmann, claims Danger Man was one of the most violent series ever produced.Richard Wattis, as his superior, 'Hardy'.For example, Paul Eddington (The Good Life, Yes Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister), John Le Mesurier (Dad's Army), Anton Rodgers (Fresh Fields and May to December), Wendy Craig (several TV series, including Butterflies), Jean Marsh (Upstairs, Downstairs), and Susan Hampshire (Forsyte Saga, The First Churchills, The Pallisers.Later history and transition to The Prisoner
The fourth season consisted of only two episodes, "Koroshi" and "Shinda Shima", the only two in any of the series photographed in colour.Markstein was then the Danger Man script consultant.Danger Man were subsequently hired for The Prisoner.Danger Man script that had been planned for the fourth season.Secret agent John Drake and prisoner Number Six
It is debated by Prisoner fans whether or not John Drake of Danger Man and Number Six in The Prisoner are the same person.Like John Drake, Number Six is evidently a secret agent, but one who has resigned from his job.Moreover, in the surreal Prisoner episode "The Girl Who Was Death", Number Six meets "Potter", John Drake's Danger Man contact."The Girl Who Was Death" was an adaptation of an unused Danger Man story.The first Danger Man season includes four episodes which use footage filmed in the Welsh village of Portmeirion, which later became the setting of The Prisoner series.The Prisoner as a Danger Man continuation.Number Six before he was sent to The Village.Danger Man creator and producer Ralph Smart owned the "John Drake" character.Thus McGoohan would be obliged to deny any resemblance between prisoner Number Six and secret agent John Drake.Pop culture references
Danger Man has remained part of pop culture consciousness.Lovegrove" after a Danger Man episode.There also is a quick reference to the show in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date".Danger Man in order to acknowledge the American broadcast and syndication title.However the episodes retain their original Danger Man opening credits, the first time these have been seen in the U.The US "Secret Agent" credits were included as an extra feature.Umbrella have released dvd sets in Australia.Episodes
Episodes were usually not aired in production order.September 1960
View from the Villa
Frank Delroy, an American banker directly responsible for a large reserve of gold held in Rome as part of the United States' NATO contributions, is murdered.Five million dollars is missing.September 1960
Time to Kill
John Drake's instructions are to fly to Paris, sit down at a cafe on the Champs Elysee and wait to meet a mysterious stranger who will introduce himself with a password.September 1960
Josetta
John Drake helps a blind woman trap her brother's killer.October 1960
Position of Trust
John Drake is shown a photograph of a girl.But the girl is only 21.November 1960
The Sanctuary
John Drake impersonates a prisoner who has just been released after serving a sentence for a violent bomb outrage and finds that his deception lands him into a web of drama and danger.America agrees to a large loan, is reported to have committed suicide.November 1960
The Sisters
Which girl is telling the truth?European country flees to England and pleads for political asylum.Diplomat has been forced to live within the walls of his embassy for five years, denied egress by the host country.John 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.Rodriguez
The treacherous Colonel Rodriguez has arrested an innocent American journalist on charges of spying.It means a trip to the Middle East and into a web of mystery in which death and danger stalk together.January 1961
The Girl who Liked G.April 1961
The Brothers
A plane crashes off the coast of Sicily.April 1961
The Journey Ends Halfway
John Drake finds himself involved in Oriental intrigue and adventure when, in the guise of a Czech engineer, he unravels the mystery of the disappearance of a distinguished doctor who has been trying to escape from Communist China.Although aired over the course of 18 months, these 39 episodes are considered one season.Seasons 2 and 3 were broadcast as Danger Man in the UK and Secret Agent in the US.February 1965
The Ubiquitous Mr.September 1965
You're Not in Any Trouble, Are You?Originally scheduled to be broadcast in autumn 1966 as part of a longer season, the show's abrupt cancellation, coupled with production and broadcast of The Prisoner, resulted in these final two shows not airing in the UK until early 1968, when they were broadcast concurrently with later episodes of The Prisoner.The book is not considered canonical with the rest of The Prisoner series, however.Fans of Danger Man really don't care.Drake as having ginger hair, a trait shared with Patrick Mcgoohan, but which was unseen as Danger Man had only been made in monochrome.Spanish publishers produced a series titled 'Agent Secreto'.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.Two episodes of Danger Man's third season are linked in an unusual way."Are You Going to Be More Permanent?"Susan Hampshire as guest star, however playing different characters in each episode.Juana in "A Date with Doris", as Susan in "A Room in the Basement", and as Lydia in "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk".Interview with Brian Clemens, Classic Images website, May 1999.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Quicklinks
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Three years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and continued in a longer format...User Comments:
When men were men...Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.And to top it off, Patrick McGoohan, as the secret
agent,
was terrific.Cool, low keyed, sharp as a tack, traveling to different
ports
of call.Plots were generally good.Unfortunately, due to its mature
nature
and age, chances of it being televised grows less year by year...If you do gain access to these episodes, go for it.You won't be
disappointed.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Thank you, your vote will be counted and appear on this page within 24 hours.Smart finds room for characterization and texture, even to
interject some interesting ideas and questions.Patrick McGoohan but Smart had no shortage of
talented collaborators in directors and actors.The writing bests most on TV, then or now.The tone in the better
scripts is wry, veering toward acid, with more than a hint of
melancholy.North Koreans in the episode The Honeymooners.But a mark of this
generally very humane work is that it more typically treats
nationalistic conceptions of the enemy with skepticism, and even pits
Drake in frustration against his own morally ambiguous NATO bosses.Nor
is the day always won, and some seeming victories prove Pyhrric.Albert Elms, particularly his
incidental music.TV, the likes
of which in the U.HBO, practically its last refuge.You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Danger Man, Secret Agent and Destination Danger merchandise,
memorabilia and collectibles, from over 40 years.It is best viewed in medium text
view, using Internet Explorer 6, at 1024 x 768.Danger Man features, but with no cover picture and so these are not
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being numerous, as are most backs and insides of items.Images are in no particular order and
with musical offerings not every type of each release is shown (e.Quicklinks
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plot summaryplot keywordsAmazon.Thank you, your vote will be counted and appear on this page within 24 hours.Smart finds room for characterization and texture, even to
interject some interesting ideas and questions.Patrick McGoohan but Smart had no shortage of
talented collaborators in directors and actors.His narration is another treat, delivered in one of the most
delectably ironic voices in dramatic TV history.Nor
is the day always won, and some seeming victories prove Pyhrric.TV, the likes
of which in the U.HBO, practically its last refuge.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.There is a sister Department headed by General Carteret (Jack Gwillim)
which deals with assassinations, which JD opposes.He has gadgets which are just as ingenious as James Bond but more practical, reliable and reusable.Patrick McGoohan's British secret service agent Mr.Danger Man replaced by simple lettering,
possibly to make it easy to retitle as
Secret Agent for the USA.It seems it was abandoned after only two episodes so PM and the crew could
begin producing The Prisoner.Before The Prisoner, Patrick
McGoohan was
Danger Man.Created by Ralph Smart, it has been described as Bond
without the guns or the girls, but Drake certainly had the gadgets
before the Bond.Lew Grade
commisioned the show for ATV after his sucsess in selling TV shoes for
the domestic and overseas markets.In the US, the shows title was changed to Secret Agent and a new title
sequence and song by Johnny Rivers
was added.The show for the
most
part was straight
forward enough, with the exception of the season two episode 'The
ubiquitous Mr.Interestingly enough, The Prisoner episode 'The girl
who was death' is more like an episode of Danger man!Three years later after a
show that was thought to be a US hit had flopped, Lew Grade flew to the
states and sold the Americans the idea of Danger Man.This time in hour long episodes.Within
weeks the show was playing all over the world and was an international
success.You did not enter a search term.Originally on: ITV1 (60 min.The Danger Man is back!Special Security Agent John Drake into even more tensely dramatic adventures in...Please refresh the page to fix the problem.Special Security Agent John Drake into even more tensely dramatic adventures in every part of the globe.He is a man who jousts with danger, a man who takes calculated risks, a man dedicated to his ideals.He respects his adversaries, and he respects the beautiful women who came into his life.Patrick McGoohan throughout the series, and the producer is once again Ralph Smart, the man who created and devised Danger Man.All the episodes are directed by leading motion pictures directors who are masters of their craft.The emphasis is on Danger.The Danger Man is back!Use commas to separate tags.Last episode: Shinda Shima
Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.User VotingYou have already scored this link!Tell the world what you think of Danger Man, write a review for this show."Ahead of its time" A major force in the British spy invasion of the 1960s."Ahead of its time" Danger Man really shows a lot of potential. |
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