Patrick McGoohan as John Drake

Episodes 86

View from the Villa

70%
September 11, 19601h
1x1

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.

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Time to Kill

70%
September 18, 19601h
1x2

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.

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Josetta

70%
September 25, 19601h
1x3

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.

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The Blue Veil

70%
October 2, 19601h
1x4

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.

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The Lovers

70%
October 9, 19601h
1x5

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 Girl in Pink Pyjamas

70%
October 16, 19601h
1x6

When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pajamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.

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Position of Trust

70%
October 23, 19601h
1x7

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.

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The Lonely Chair

70%
October 30, 19601h
1x8

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.

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The Sanctuary

70%
November 6, 19601h
1x9

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.

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An Affair of State

70%
November 13, 19601h
1x10

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.

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The Key

70%
November 20, 19601h
1x11

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.

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The Sisters

70%
November 27, 19601h
1x12

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.

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The Prisoner

70%
December 4, 19601h
1x13

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.

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The Traitor

70%
December 11, 19601h
1x14

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.'

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Colonel Rodriguez

70%
December 18, 19601h
1x15

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.

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The Island

70%
January 1, 19611h
1x16

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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The Nurse

70%
January 6, 19611h
1x37

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.

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Find and Return

70%
January 8, 19611h
1x17

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.

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Dead Man Walks

70%
January 13, 19611h
1x38

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.

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The Girl Who Liked GI's

70%
January 15, 19611h
1x18

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.

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Deadline

70%
Season Finale
January 20, 19611h
1x39

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.

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Name, Date and Place

70%
January 22, 19611h
1x19

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.

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Vacation

70%
January 29, 19611h
1x20

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.

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The Conspirators

70%
February 5, 19611h
1x21

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.

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The Honeymooners

70%
April 2, 19611h
1x22

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.

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The Gallows Tree

70%
April 9, 19611h
1x23

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.

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The Relaxed Informer

70%
April 16, 19611h
1x24

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.

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The Brothers

70%
April 23, 19611h
1x25

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.

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The Journey Ends Halfway

70%
April 30, 19611h
1x26

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

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Bury the Dead

70%
May 7, 19611h
1x27

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.

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Sabotage

70%
May 14, 19611h
1x28

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

70%
May 21, 19611h
1x29

When several workers at an atomic energy plant in North Africa fall ill, a leakage is suspected. Drake flies out to investigate and is aided by a beautiful European doctor, but when the next victim has no connection with the plant, Drake discovers a fiendish plot.

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The Leak

70%
May 28, 19611h
1x30

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

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The Trap

70%
June 4, 19611h
1x31

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.

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The Actor

70%
June 11, 19611h
1x32

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.

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Hired Assassin

70%
June 18, 19611h
1x33

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.

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The Coyannis Story

70%
December 16, 19611h
1x34

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.

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Find and Destroy

70%
December 23, 19611h
1x35

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.

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Under the Lake

70%
December 30, 19611h
1x36

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.

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Yesterday's Enemies

64%
October 13, 19641h
2x1

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

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The Professionals

70%
October 20, 19641h
2x2

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

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Colony Three

70%
October 27, 19641h
2x3

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

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The Galloping Major

70%
November 3, 19641h
2x4

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

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Fair Exchange

70%
November 10, 19641h
2x5

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

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Fish on the Hook

70%
November 17, 19641h
2x6

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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The Colonel's Daughter

70%
November 24, 19641h
2x7

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

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The Battle of the Cameras

70%
December 1, 19641h
2x8

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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No Marks for Servility

70%
December 8, 19641h
2x9

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

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A Man to be Trusted

70%
December 15, 19641h
2x10

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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Don't Nail Him Yet

70%
December 22, 19641h
2x11

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

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A Date with Doris

70%
December 29, 19641h
2x12

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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That's Two of Us Sorry

70%
January 5, 19651h
2x13

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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Such Men Are Dangerous

70%
January 12, 19651h
2x14

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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Whatever Happened to George Foster?

70%
January 19, 19651h
2x15

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

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A Room in the Basement

70%
February 2, 19651h
2x16

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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The Affair at Castelevara

70%
February 9, 19651h
2x17

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

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The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

70%
February 16, 19651h
2x18

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

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It's Up to the Lady

70%
February 23, 19651h
2x19

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

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Have a Glass of Wine

70%
March 2, 19651h
2x20

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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The Mirror's New

70%
March 9, 19651h
2x21

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

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Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet

70%
Season Finale
March 16, 19651h
2x22

Drake trails two scientists to the West Indies.

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You are Not in Any Trouble, are You?

70%
September 23, 19651h
3x1

To topple an Italian murder-for-hire ring, Drake puts out a hit on himself.

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The Black Book

70%
September 30, 19651h
3x2

Drake goes undercover to discover who is blackmailing a general's brother.

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A Very Dangerous Game

70%
October 7, 19651h
3x3

Disguised as a music teacher, Drake infiltrates a Chinese spy ring in Hong Kong.

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Sting in the Tail

70%
October 14, 19651h
3x4

Drake tries to get at an assassin by tailing the killer's mistress.

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English Lady Takes Lodgers

70%
October 21, 19651h
3x5

Investigating a security link in Spain, Drake finds himself enmeshed in a murderous scheme.

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Loyalty Always Pays

70%
October 28, 19651h
3x6

Did an African defense minister strike a secret deal with the Chinese?

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The Mercenaries

70%
November 4, 19651h
3x7

Drake interferes in a plot to take over an African republic.

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Judgement Day

70%
November 11, 19651h
3x8

Drake finds himself at the mercy of a band of Israeli renegades.

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The Outcast

70%
November 18, 19651h
3x9

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

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Are You Going to be More Permanent?

70%
December 2, 19651h
3x10

Who is responsible for the disappearance of agents in Vienna?

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To Our Best Friend

70%
December 9, 19651h
3x11

Drake heads to Baghdad to clear the name of a spy suspected of leaking secrets.

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The Man on the Beach

70%
December 16, 19651h
3x12

A murdered contact complicates Drake's mission in Jamaica.

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Say It with Flowers

70%
December 23, 19651h
3x13

In Switzerland Drake must determine if an enemy agent is really dead.

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

70%
December 30, 19651h
3x14

Drake must free a captured British spymaster before he sellls his secrets.

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Someone is Liable to Get Hurt

70%
January 6, 19661h
3x15

A mysterious woman, an ancient prison cell and a gun-runner - a recipe for disaster.

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Dangerous Secret

70%
January 13, 19661h
3x16

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

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I Can Only Offer You Sherry

70%
January 20, 19661h
3x17

Drake investigates an unlikely spy.

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The Hunting Party

70%
January 27, 19661h
3x18

A security leak points to a wealthy lord.

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Two Birds with One Bullet

70%
March 10, 19661h
3x19

A political party plans to assassinate their own candidate.

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I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number

65%
March 17, 19661h
3x20

Drake pursues a rogue agent.

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The Man With the Foot

70%
March 24, 19661h
3x21

Drake drives to Spain for a well-earned holiday. But instead of sun and relaxation, he is greeted by miserable weather and a determined enemy agent.

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The Paper Chase

70%
March 31, 19661h
3x22

Secret documents fall into the wrong hands.

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Not So Jolly Roger

70%
Season Finale
April 7, 19661h
3x23

Drake works as a disc jockey at a pirate radio station.

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Koroshi

60%
January 5, 19681h
4x1

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.

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Shinda Shima

60%
Season Finale
January 12, 19681h
4x2

Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.

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