6.0/1032 votesLoading...#1 - The Long, Long Day
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/22/1967
No description available
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1035 votesLoading...
#2 - The Maze
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1966
Mannering stops up to pick up a petrified girl in a country lane, as they drive away they are shot at and crash off the road. When he comes to, he keeps having flashbacks that feature weird objects but the police simply think that he is suffering from concussion. As he tries to retrace his footsteps, he is watched by a man with a gun who is determined not to let him near the house in which the girl is held hostage.
Director: Jeremy Summers
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.2/1027 votesLoading...
#3 - A Memory of Evil
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1967
No description available
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner
- 7.2/1027 votesLoading...
#4 - Farewell to Yesterday
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/19/1967
No description available
Director: Leslie Norman
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1026 votesLoading...
#5 - Time to Kill
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1967
No description available
Director: Jeremy Summers
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1048 votesLoading...
#6 - 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
- 7.4/1035 votesLoading...
#7 - 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
- 7.4/1032 votesLoading...
#8 - 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
- 7.4/1032 votesLoading...
#9 - 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
- 7.4/1027 votesLoading...
#10 - 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
- 7.5/1026 votesLoading...
#11 - 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
- 7.5/1026 votesLoading...
#12 - Night of the Hunter
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1967
No description available
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1027 votesLoading...
#13 - The Edge of Fear
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1967
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1027 votesLoading...
#14 - 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
- 7.6/1023 votesLoading...
#15 - The High Terrace
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1967
No description available
Director: Robert Asher
Writer: Dennis Spooner
- 7.6/1024 votesLoading...
#16 - 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
- 7.7/1030 votesLoading...
#17 - 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
- 7.7/1025 votesLoading...
#18 - So Dark the Night
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1967
No description available
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: Terry Nation, Dennis Spooner
- 7.8/1028 votesLoading...
#19 - 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
- 7.8/1027 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 7.8/1031 votesLoading...
#21 - The Seven Eyes of Night
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1967
No description available
Director: Robert Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1026 votesLoading...
#22 - Long Ago and Far Away
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1967
No description available
Director: Robert Asher
Writer: Dennis Spooner
- 7.8/1023 votesLoading...
#23 - The Man Outside
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/5/1967
No description available
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1042 votesLoading...
#24 - 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
- 7.9/1030 votesLoading...
#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of The Baron
Every episode of The Baron ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Baron!
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Network:Associated Television
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
"The Long, Long Day" is the worst rated episode of "The Baron". It scored 6/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by N/A, it aired on 3/22/1967. This episode scored 1.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Maze".