7.2/10246 votes#1 - View from the Villa
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1960
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.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.3/10180 votes#2 - 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
7.5/10171 votes#3 - 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
7.1/10147 votes#4 - The Blue Veil
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1960
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.3/10145 votes#5 - 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
7.4/10149 votes#6 - 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
7.6/10148 votes#7 - 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
7.6/10133 votes#8 - 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
7.4/10125 votes#9 - 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
7.3/10123 votes#10 - 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.
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: N/A
7.6/10134 votes#11 - 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
7.1/10116 votes#12 - 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.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: Brian Clemens, Jo Eisinger
7.7/10122 votes#13 - 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
7.1/10117 votes#14 - The Traitor
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/1960
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.'
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
7.3/10113 votes#15 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10110 votes#16 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.1/10121 votes#17 - Find and Return
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/1961
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.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: Jo Eisinger
7.5/10112 votes#18 - 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 votes#19 - 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
7.5/10109 votes#20 - 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 votes#21 - 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
7.0/1096 votes#22 - The Honeymooners
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/2/1961
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writer: N/A
7.7/10102 votes#23 - 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
7.4/1099 votes#24 - 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
7.6/10100 votes#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Danger Man Season 1
Every episode of Danger Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Danger Man Season 1!
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...
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Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"View from the Villa" is the best rated episode of "Danger Man" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 246 votes. Directed by Terry Bishop and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 9/11/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Time to Kill".