7.9/10105 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
Director: Clive Donner
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.7/10122 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
7.7/10102 votesLoading...#3 - The Gallows Tree
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/1961
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.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.6/10148 votesLoading...#4 - Position of Trust
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1960
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.
Director: Ralph Smart
Writer: Jo Eisinger
7.6/10134 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.6/10134 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: Jack Whittingham
7.6/10114 votesLoading...#7 - The Girl Who Liked GI's
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1961
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.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10117 votesLoading...#8 - Name, Date and Place
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/22/1961
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.6/10100 votesLoading...#9 - The Brothers
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/23/1961
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.6/1094 votesLoading...#10 - Under the Lake
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 12/30/1961
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.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: Jack Whittingham
7.5/10171 votesLoading...#11 - Josetta
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1960
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10109 votesLoading...#12 - Vacation
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/1961
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.
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: N/A
7.5/10105 votesLoading...#13 - The Conspirators
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1961
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.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.5/1099 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
Director: Clive Donner
Writer: N/A
7.5/1092 votesLoading...#15 - 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.
Director: Anthony Bushell
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.5/1091 votesLoading...#16 - Hired Assassin
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 6/18/1961
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.4/10149 votesLoading...#17 - The Girl in Pink Pyjamas
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1960
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.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.4/10126 votesLoading...#18 - The Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1960
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.4/1099 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Anthony Bushell
Writer: N/A
7.4/1095 votesLoading...#20 - 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.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Ian Stuart Black, Michael Pertwee
7.4/1092 votesLoading...#21 - The Actor
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 6/11/1961
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.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.4/1090 votesLoading...#22 - Find and Destroy
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 12/23/1961
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.4/1087 votesLoading...#23 - The Nurse
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/6/1961
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.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.3/10181 votesLoading...#24 - Time to Kill
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1960
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.
Director: Ralph Smart
Writer: Brian Clemens, Ian Stuart Black
7.3/10145 votesLoading...#25 - 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.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Jo Eisinger
The Best Episodes of Danger Man
Every episode of Danger Man ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Danger Man!
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Bury the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Danger Man". It scored 7.9/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Clive Donner and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 5/7/1961. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Prisoner".