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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!

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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 to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Protectors Season 1 Episode 21 - With A Little Help From My Friends
    6.9/10(52 votes)

    #1 - With A Little Help From My Friends

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Sylvia Anderson

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  2. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 22 - Shadbolt
    6.9/10(45 votes)

    #2 - Shadbolt

    S2:E22

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

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  3. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 1 - 2,000 ft to Die
    6.8/10(88 votes)

    #3 - 2,000 ft to Die

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  4. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 25 - The First Circle
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    #4 - The First Circle

    S1:E25

    Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  5. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 23 - A Pocketful of Posies
    6.8/10(38 votes)

    #5 - A Pocketful of Posies

    S2:E23

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

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  6. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 2 - Brother Hood
    6.7/10(76 votes)

    #6 - Brother Hood

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:John Goldsmith

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  7. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 9 - Thinkback
    6.7/10(44 votes)

    #7 - Thinkback

    S1:E9

    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

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  8. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 8 - King Con
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #8 - King Con

    S1:E8

    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

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  9. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 12 - Triple Cross
    6.6/10(47 votes)

    #9 - Triple Cross

    S1:E12

    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

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  10. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 25 - The Insider
    6.6/10(33 votes)

    #10 - The Insider

    S2:E25

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

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  11. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 14 - Zeke's Blues
    6.5/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Zeke's Blues

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Shane Rimmer

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  12. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 3 - Fighting Fund
    6.4/10(43 votes)

    #12 - Fighting Fund

    S2:E3

    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

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  13. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 8 - Wam (1)
    6.4/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Wam (1)

    S2:E8

    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

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  14. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 9 - Wam (2)
    6.4/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Wam (2)

    S2:E9

    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

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  15. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 7 - The Quick Brown Fox
    6.3/10(51 votes)

    #15 - The Quick Brown Fox

    S1:E7

    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

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  16. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 10 - A Kind of Wild Justice
    6.3/10(53 votes)

    #16 - A Kind of Wild Justice

    S1:E10

    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

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  17. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 11 - Balance of Terror
    6.3/10(47 votes)

    #17 - Balance of Terror

    S1:E11

    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

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  18. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 2 - Bagman
    6.3/10(45 votes)

    #18 - Bagman

    S2:E2

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

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  19. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 6 - Petard
    6.3/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Petard

    S2:E6

    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

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  20. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 18 - Burning Bush
    6.3/10(40 votes)

    #20 - Burning Bush

    S2:E18

    Harry masquerades as a drunk in order to get a Canadian heiress out of a cult.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  21. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 20 - Route 27
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    #21 - Route 27

    S2:E20

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

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  22. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 3 - See No Evil
    6.2/10(57 votes)

    #22 - See No Evil

    S1:E3

    While in Rome the Protectors try to help a senator who is being blackmailed.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Donald Jonson

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  23. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 16 - A Matter of Life and Death
    6.2/10(40 votes)

    #23 - A Matter of Life and Death

    S1:E16

    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

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  24. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 18 - One and One Makes One
    6.2/10(40 votes)

    #24 - One and One Makes One

    S1:E18

    The Protectors are hired to track down Bennett, a missing Canadian agent who holds valuable information about a new American-Canadian sky project.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writers:Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

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  25. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 7 - Goodbye George
    6.2/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Goodbye George

    S2:E7

    Alone in Italy, the Contessa goes to Venice to find out why the son of a wealthy Brit is making huge withdrawals from his account.

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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Best Episodes Summary

"With A Little Help From My Friends" is the best rated episode of "The Protectors". It scored 6.9/10 based on 52 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".