List of Danger Man episodes
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Episode list
Episodes were usually not aired in production order. Broadcast order varied widely between the UK and US. In fact, CBSCBS
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, 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 (1960-1962)
Broadcast as Danger Man in the UK and US.Airdate is for ATV London ITV
ITV
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regions varied date and order.
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Series 2 (1964-1965)
Series 2 and 3 were broadcast as Danger Man in the UK and Secret Agent in the US. Airdate is for ATV Midlands,. ITVITV
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regions varied date and order.
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Series 3 (1965-1966)
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.Episode# | Prod # | Title | Directed by | Written by |
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Series 4 (1968)
Airdates are for ATV Midlands. ATV London broadcast on 19 February and 26 February 1967 respectively.Episode# | Prod # | Title | Directed by | Written by |
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These two episodes, which mark the series' transition into colour production, 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
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick Joseph McGoohan was an American-born actor, raised in Ireland and England, with an extensive stage and film career, most notably in the 1960s television series Danger Man , and The Prisoner, which he co-created...
's The Prisoner
The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former...
, 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. In fact 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.