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The Best Episodes of The Protectors

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

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed...
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Top Episode Ratings Summary

"With A Little Help From My Friends" is the best rated episode of "The Protectors". It scored 6.8/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Jeremy Summers and written by Sylvia Anderson, it aired on 2/23/1973. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shadbolt".

  • With A Little Help From My Friends
    6.8/1047 votes
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    #1 - With A Little Help From My Friends

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1973

    Harry finds his family being threatened after he agrees to guard a visiting president in London.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Sylvia Anderson

  • Shadbolt
    6.8/1039 votes
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    #2 - Shadbolt

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1974

    Harry is stalked on a train by Shadbolt, a professional assassin.

    Director: John Hough

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • A Pocketful of Posies
    6.7/1033 votes
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    #3 - A Pocketful of Posies

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1974

    Harry Rule is called upon to see if Eartha Kitt's (guest star)home is haunted.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Terry Nation

  • 2,000 ft to Die
    6.6/1076 votes
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    #4 - 2,000 ft to Die

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1972

    A friend of Harry's insists on doing a dangerous skydiving trick despite the fact that gold smugglers are trying to kill him.

    Director: John Hough

    Writer: N/A

  • King Con
    6.6/1039 votes
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    #5 - King Con

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1972

    The Protectors devise an elaborate con to recover a priceless antique which a woman had been conned out of.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Thinkback
    6.6/1041 votes
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    #6 - Thinkback

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1972

    Harry and the Contessa are the victims of a car crash that was engineered to get information out of them.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Brian Clemens

  • The First Circle
    6.6/1041 votes
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    #7 - The First Circle

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1973

    Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Brother Hood
    6.5/1066 votes
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    #8 - Brother Hood

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1972

    A wealthy recluse hires the Protectors to break his brother out of prison.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: John Goldsmith

  • Triple Cross
    6.5/1044 votes
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    #9 - Triple Cross

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1972

    A kidnapped Paul will be blown to bits unless Harry and the Contessa help steal jewels which they have been hired to safeguard.

    Director: John Hough

    Writer: Lewis Davidson

  • Zeke's Blues
    6.4/1031 votes
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    #10 - Zeke's Blues

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1973

    Harry's college friend Zeke, a pianist, is blackmailed into setting Harry up by mobsters.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Shane Rimmer

  • The Insider
    6.4/1028 votes
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    #11 - The Insider

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2/25/1974

    The Protectors aid a movie director in the retrieval of film being held for ransom.

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: Trevor Preston

  • The Quick Brown Fox
    6.3/1048 votes
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    #12 - The Quick Brown Fox

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1972

    The West German government hires the Protectors to put a pension fund that is supporting fugitive Nazi's out of business.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Donald James

  • Bagman
    6.3/1038 votes
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    #13 - Bagman

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1973

    The Protectors are called to deliver the ransom for the kidnapped daughter of a Danish aristocrat.

    Director: John Hough

    Writer: Terry Nation

  • Fighting Fund
    6.3/1038 votes
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    #14 - Fighting Fund

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1973

    A revolutionary group steals and auctions off a priceless art collection in order to purchase dynamite to fund their cause.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: John Kruse

  • Sugar and Spice
    6.3/1039 votes
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    #15 - Sugar and Spice

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1974

    In order to protect the daughter of a rich industrialist who has received threats against her life, Harry poses as her tutor.

    Director: Charles Crichton

    Writer: David Butler

  • A Kind of Wild Justice
    6.2/1047 votes
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    #16 - A Kind of Wild Justice

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1972

    The daughter of a gangster whom Harry helped put in prison fails twice in her efforts to kill Harry.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Donald James

  • Balance of Terror
    6.2/1043 votes
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    #17 - Balance of Terror

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1972

    The KGB hires the Protectors to capture a renegade Russian scientist who plans on destroying London with a new virus to show the world how dangerous biological warfare can be.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: John Goldsmith

  • Petard
    6.2/1033 votes
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    #18 - Petard

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1973

    The Protectors go after industrial spies who are threatening to topple a chemical company by scooping their best products.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Wam (1)
    6.2/1035 votes
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    #19 - Wam (1)

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1973

    In Salzburg, the Protectors must rescue a group of vacationers whom are unknowingly being held hostage on top of an Austrian mountain.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Wam (2)
    6.2/1031 votes
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    #20 - Wam (2)

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1973

    In Salzburg, the Protectors must rescue a group of vacationers whom are unknowingly being held hostage on top of an Austrian mountain.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Route 27
    6.2/1031 votes
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    #21 - Route 27

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1974

    Knowing where a huge stash of heroin is hidden, Harry confronts the drug dealers.

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: Terry Nation

  • It Was All Over in Leipzig
    6.1/1040 votes
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    #22 - It Was All Over in Leipzig

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1972

    While investigating a plot to overthrow the government of a Mediterranean nation the Protectors end up confronting two old friends of the Contessa, one with whom she was romantically involved.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Donald James

  • The Numbers Game
    6.1/1044 votes
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    #23 - The Numbers Game

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1972

    The Protectors only hope of putting a drug smuggling ring out of business lies in being able to decode a coded letter.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Ralph Smart

  • The Bodyguards
    6.1/1042 votes
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    #24 - The Bodyguards

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1973

    The police hire the Protectors to guard the corpse of a bank robber as part of a ruse to capture his accomplices.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • A Matter of Life and Death
    6.1/1036 votes
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    #25 - A Matter of Life and Death

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1973

    In Malta, with only the body of a dead hippie as a clue, the Protectors go after smugglers despite having no idea what it is that is being smuggled.

    Director: Don Chaffey

    Writer: Donald James