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The Best Episodes of The Baron

Every episode of The Baron ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Baron!

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The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Baron Season 1 Episode 29 - Countdown
    8.3/10(38 votes)

    #1 - Countdown

    S1:E29

    No description available

    Director:Robert Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Baron Season 1 Episode 6 - Masquerade (1)
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Masquerade (1)

    S1:E6

    Mannering is invited by Sir Frederick Alton to his country home. When he enters the house he hears a woman crying for help. As he goes to help he's knocked unconscious. He wakes up to discover that he has a twin double. Mannering manages to change places with the double and his captors kill the man they belive to be the Baron. They then let him in on their plans to steal the Crown Jewels only for Cordelia to turn up at the wrong moment.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writers:Dennis Spooner, Terry Nation

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  3. The Baron Season 1 Episode 7 - The Killing (2)
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #3 - The Killing (2)

    S1:E7

    The Baron has to convince Cordelia who he is, but he still has to play the part for his captors. He manages to get rid of Revell and the gang head to London. However, one of the gang is the best friend of the part Mannering is playing. After he's discovered, the Baron really has to steal the Crown Jewels.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writers:Dennis Spooner, Terry Nation

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  4. The Baron Season 1 Episode 8 - The Persuaders
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    #4 - The Persuaders

    S1:E8

    David Marlowe is kidnapped from Mannering's shop. For his release he must sell a false Renoir to Sir Robert Ellacott. Mannering calls on Templeton-Green for help. The Baron follows his orders and sells the picture but whilst visiting he meets Sir Robert's nephew Roddy and becomes suspicious. When Marlowe is stabbed by Roddy as he attempts to escape, the other gang members become nervous. Mannering has to meet Roddy with the ransom money to ensure that Marlowe isn't killed.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  5. The Baron Season 1 Episode 3 - Something for a Rainy Day
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #5 - Something for a Rainy Day

    S1:E3

    The Baron does a deal with a scheming insurance agent to recover a £ 100,000 Aztec mask from an ex-con. However the former crook's gang leader has a different idea and will even hurt his one-time friend's daughter to get the mask.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  6. The Baron Season 1 Episode 9 - And Suddenly You're Dead
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #6 - And Suddenly You're Dead

    S1:E9

    The Baron and Cordelia are in Switzerland when they bump into Peter Franklin, an old friend of Cordelia. Franklin, who is a CIA agent, has stolen the latest strain in a deadly virus from the laboratory he was working in. When Franklin is killed, Mannering is in a race with Sorenson, the scientist who developed the virus, and Holmes, an unscrupulous character, to discover the whereabouts of the deadly bacteria.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writers:Dennis Spooner, Terry Nation

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  7. The Baron Season 1 Episode 13 - Portrait of Louisa
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Portrait of Louisa

    S1:E13

    Louisa Trenton, an old friend of Mannering is in trouble. When she sells the Baron some rare family miniatures he offers his help but she declines. Later when she calls for his help he rushes to meet her in a London club only to find that she has been murdered. When he investigates he discovers that she was being blackmailed by her young lover. He is only the fall guy but as Mannering tries to find out who is the boss, more people are murdered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Baron Season 1 Episode 19 - You Can't Win Them All
    7.9/10(28 votes)

    #8 - You Can't Win Them All

    S1:E19

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    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Baron Season 1 Episode 21 - The Seven Eyes of Night
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #9 - The Seven Eyes of Night

    S1:E21

    No description available

    Director:Robert Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Baron Season 1 Episode 24 - Long Ago and Far Away
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Long Ago and Far Away

    S1:E24

    No description available

    Director:Robert Asher
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  11. The Baron Season 1 Episode 5 - Enemy of the State
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #11 - Enemy of the State

    S1:E5

    An undercover British agent is caught in an Eastern Bloc country and names Mannering as his contact. The Baron and Cordelia are in the country to pass over some money. They are warner not to go to the rendezvous by Bradfield as it is a trap. Cordelia is caught and held by the police. Mannering has a plan to kidnap the head of the police but there is a double agent in the Bradfield house.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Baron Season 1 Episode 25 - So Dark the Night
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #12 - So Dark the Night

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writers:Dennis Spooner, Terry Nation

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  13. The Baron Season 1 Episode 28 - The Man Outside
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #13 - The Man Outside

    S1:E28

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    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Baron Season 1 Episode 10 - The Legions of Ammak
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #14 - The Legions of Ammak

    S1:E10

    Mannering is asked by an eccentric millionaire to witness him purchase The Legions of Ammrak, a golden necklace that contains seven perfectly matched black pearls. The Baron identifies that they are genuine but David Marlowe notices that the seller, King Ibrahim, is wearing the wrong school tie. When Mannering realises that he's being duped, he has to recover both the money and the necklace.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Michael Cramoy

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  15. The Baron Season 1 Episode 16 - The Island (2)
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #15 - The Island (2)

    S1:E16

    With the ship arriving at the island to deliver its cargo, Mannering learns of the plot to steal an American space capsule. Via the ship's radio he alerts the US Navy of the plot. He and Cordelia escape and they must think up a plan to stop the robbery and hope that the Navy can get to them in time to assist.

    Director:Gordon Flemyng
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  16. The Baron Season 1 Episode 27 - Roundabout
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Roundabout

    S1:E27

    Mannering discovers that his Paris shop is being used as a front for drug trafficking.

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Baron Season 1 Episode 4 - Red Horse, Red Rider
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Red Horse, Red Rider

    S1:E4

    When Mannering gets a message to buy The Four Horsemen, he travels to Khakania, a country gripped in civil war. The Horseman are a famous statue worth over $1m. The money from the statue will help fund the rebel cause. The Baron tries to flee the country with the rebel leader's daughter and statue but is hounded by the secret police who are always one step ahead of him.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  18. The Baron Season 1 Episode 15 - Storm Warning (1)
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Storm Warning (1)

    S1:E15

    The Baron and Cordelia are at the Macao docks checking a shipment of antiques. A missing crate leads to Cordelia witnessing a murder on baord a cargo ship. When she is held prisoner Mannering has to stow away on the ship. They meet an undercover CIA agent working as one of the crew who tells them about the ship's mysterious cargo and its secret destination. The CIA agent is killed and Mannering forced out into the open.

    Director:Gordon Flemyng
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  19. The Baron Season 1 Episode 20 - The High Terrace
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #19 - The High Terrace

    S1:E20

    No description available

    Director:Robert Asher
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  20. The Baron Season 1 Episode 23 - The Edge of Fear
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #20 - The Edge of Fear

    S1:E23

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Baron Season 1 Episode 2 - Epitaph for a Hero
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    #21 - Epitaph for a Hero

    S1:E2

    Mannering attends the funeral of Jim Carey, a former army colleague. After receiving a message that Carey is still alive, Mannering agrees to go undercover for Templeton-Green. An elaborate plan to steal a $ 1 m jewel is bad enough but becomes worse when Cordelia is used as a hostage to ensure that the Baron cooperates with Carey.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  22. The Baron Season 1 Episode 11 - Samurai West
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #22 - Samurai West

    S1:E11

    The sale of a 5000 year old Samurai sword gives the Baron trouble. When the seller, Asano, bumps into an old enemy, Norman Sterling, at Mannering's apartment, Sterling promises to avenge the treatment of him and his brother in a Japanese POW camp. After Asano is murdered, the Baron has to protect Sterling from Asano's loyal servant is out for revenge.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Baron Season 1 Episode 17 - Time to Kill
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Time to Kill

    S1:E17

    No description available

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Baron Season 1 Episode 22 - Night of the Hunter
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #24 - Night of the Hunter

    S1:E22

    No description available

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Baron Season 1 Episode 1 - Diplomatic Immunity
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #25 - Diplomatic Immunity

    S1:E1

    After a robbery in his london shop, antique dealer John Mannering a.k.a. The Baron, is persuaded by Templeton-Green to work for Diplomatic Intelligence. He travels behind the Iron Curtin and meets his contact Cordelia. They encounter a corrupt Party member who attempts to frame them for the murder of his lover, the London jewel thief.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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Best Episodes Summary

"Countdown" is the best rated episode of "The Baron". It scored 8.3/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Robert Asher and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/12/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Masquerade (1)".