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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!

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...
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Top Episode Ratings Summary

"Countdown" is the best rated episode of "The Baron". It scored 8.4/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Robert Asher and written by N/A, it aired on 4/12/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Masquerade (1)".

  • Countdown
    8.4/1035 votes
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    #1 - Countdown

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/12/1967

    No description available

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • Masquerade (1)
    8.3/1030 votes
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    #2 - Masquerade (1)

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1966

    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

    Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner

  • The Killing (2)
    8.2/1028 votes
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    #3 - The Killing (2)

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1966

    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

    Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner

  • The Persuaders
    8.0/1033 votes
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    #4 - The Persuaders

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1966

    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

  • Something for a Rainy Day
    7.9/1042 votes
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    #5 - Something for a Rainy Day

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1966

    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

  • And Suddenly You're Dead
    7.9/1030 votes
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    #6 - And Suddenly You're Dead

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1966

    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

    Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner

  • You Can't Win Them All
    7.9/1026 votes
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    #7 - You Can't Win Them All

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1967

    No description available

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: N/A

  • Enemy of the State
    7.8/1028 votes
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    #8 - Enemy of the State

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1966

    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: N/A

  • Portrait of Louisa
    7.8/1027 votes
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    #9 - Portrait of Louisa

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1966

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Seven Eyes of Night
    7.8/1031 votes
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    #10 - The Seven Eyes of Night

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1967

    No description available

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • Long Ago and Far Away
    7.8/1026 votes
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    #11 - Long Ago and Far Away

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1967

    No description available

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • The Man Outside
    7.8/1023 votes
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    #12 - The Man Outside

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/5/1967

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    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: N/A

  • The Legions of Ammak
    7.7/1030 votes
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    #13 - The Legions of Ammak

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1966

    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

  • So Dark the Night
    7.7/1025 votes
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    #14 - So Dark the Night

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1967

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    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner

  • The Island (2)
    7.6/1027 votes
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    #15 - The Island (2)

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1967

    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

  • The High Terrace
    7.6/1023 votes
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    #16 - The High Terrace

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1967

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    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • Roundabout
    7.6/1024 votes
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    #17 - Roundabout

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/29/1967

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

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: N/A

  • Storm Warning (1)
    7.5/1026 votes
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    #18 - Storm Warning (1)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1967

    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

  • Night of the Hunter
    7.5/1026 votes
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    #19 - Night of the Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1967

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    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: N/A

  • The Edge of Fear
    7.5/1027 votes
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    #20 - The Edge of Fear

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1967

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Diplomatic Immunity
    7.4/1048 votes
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    #21 - Diplomatic Immunity

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1966

    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

  • Epitaph for a Hero
    7.4/1035 votes
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    #22 - Epitaph for a Hero

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1966

    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

  • Red Horse, Red Rider
    7.4/1032 votes
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    #23 - Red Horse, Red Rider

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1966

    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

  • Samurai West
    7.4/1032 votes
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    #24 - Samurai West

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1966

    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: N/A

  • There's Someone Close Behind You
    7.4/1027 votes
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    #25 - There's Someone Close Behind You

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1966

    Mannering gets a tip-off that there will be a robbery at the Lynstead Collection. The police and the Baron lie in wait but one of the policemen is killed by the gang leader, Greg Wilde. Wilde is arrested for murder but his crooked solicitor tells him that all of the witnesses will be disposed of. Mannering escapes an attempt on his life but Wilde escapes from police custody and is out to get the Baron.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner