The BEST episodes of Danger Man

Every episode of Danger Man ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Danger Man!

Every government has its secret service branch. America, CIA; France, Deuxième Bureau; England, MI5. NATO also has its own. A messy job? Well that's when they usually call on me or someone like me. Oh yes, my name is Drake, John Drake.

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Dead Man Walks
star
8.00
4 votes

#1 - Dead Man Walks

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 1/13/1962

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.

Directors: Charles Frend
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Are You Going to Be More Permanent?
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8.00
2 votes

#2 - Are You Going to Be More Permanent?

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1965

Who is responsible for the disappearance of agents in Vienna?

Directors: Don Chaffey
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The Key
star
8.00
11 votes

#3 - The Key

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1960

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.

Directors: Seth Holt
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The Galloping Major
star
7.80
5 votes

#4 - The Galloping Major

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1964

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

Directors: Peter Maxwell
Writer: David Stone
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Dangerous Secret
star
7.75
4 votes

#5 - Dangerous Secret

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1966

Drake must clean up after the government bungles an attempt to silence a young scientist.

Directors: Stuart Burge
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The Island
star
7.71
7 votes

#6 - The Island

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/1/1961

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.

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Colonel Rodriguez
star
7.67
6 votes

#7 - Colonel Rodriguez

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1960

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.

Directors: Julian Amyes
Writer: Ralph Smart
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The Prisoner
star
7.63
8 votes

#8 - The Prisoner

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1960

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.

Directors: Terry Bishop
Writer: Ralph Smart
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The Journey Ends Halfway
star
7.60
5 votes

#9 - The Journey Ends Halfway

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/30/1961

Drake travels to China to investigate the disappearance of an eminent doctor who had been trying to escape the Communist regime.

Directors: Clive Donner
Writer: Stuart Black
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Sabotage
star
7.60
5 votes

#10 - Sabotage

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/14/1961

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.

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The Contessa
star
7.60
5 votes

#11 - The Contessa

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/21/1961

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.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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Bury the Dead
star
7.57
7 votes

#12 - Bury the Dead

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/7/1961

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.

Directors: Clive Donner
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The Lonely Chair
star
7.50
10 votes

#13 - The Lonely Chair

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1960

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.

Directors: Charles Frend
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The Colonel's Daughter
star
7.50
6 votes

#14 - The Colonel's Daughter

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1964

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

Directors: Philip Leacock
Writer: David Weir
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The Deputy Coyannis Story
star
7.50
2 votes

#15 - The Deputy Coyannis Story

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/16/1961

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.

Writer: Jo Eisinger
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An Affair of State
star
7.50
10 votes

#16 - An Affair of State

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1960

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.

Writer: Oscar Prodny
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The Sisters
star
7.44
9 votes

#17 - The Sisters

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1960

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.

Directors: Seth Holt
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The Lovers
star
7.42
12 votes

#18 - The Lovers

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1960

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

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The Relaxed Informer
star
7.40
5 votes

#19 - The Relaxed Informer

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/16/1961

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.

Directors: Anthony Bushell
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The Leak
star
7.40
5 votes

#20 - The Leak

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/28/1961

Drake joins forces with a European doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.

Directors: Anthony Bushell
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Fish on the Hook
star
7.40
5 votes

#21 - Fish on the Hook

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1964

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.

Directors: Robert Day
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Colony Three
star
7.33
6 votes

#22 - Colony Three

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1964

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

Directors: Don Chaffey
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The Paper Chase
star
7.33
6 votes

#23 - The Paper Chase

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1966

Secret documents fall into the wrong hands.

Directors: Patrick McGoohan
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The Outcast
star
7.33
3 votes

#24 - The Outcast

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1965

Was the murdered girlfriend of a missing sailor selling coded secrets?

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That's Two of Us Sorry
star
7.33
3 votes

#25 - That's Two of Us Sorry

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1965

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

Directors: Quentin Lawrence
Writer: Jan Read
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