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The Best Episodes of The Protectors Season 1

Every episode of The Protectors Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Protectors Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Protectors Season 1

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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  1. Background image for 2,000 ft to Die
    6.8/10(85 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Brother Hood
    6.6/10(74 votes)

    #2 - Brother Hood

    S1:E2

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

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  3. Background image for See No Evil
    6.1/10(55 votes)

    #3 - See No Evil

    S1:E3

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

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  4. Background image for Disappearing Trick
    6.1/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Disappearing Trick

    S1:E4

    The Contessa ends up putting her life in danger when she agrees to help an old friend win a wager by making him disappear.

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  5. Background image for Ceremony For the Dead
    6.0/10(48 votes)

    #5 - Ceremony For the Dead

    S1:E5

    The wife of a president hires the Protectors to guard her critically ill husband whom she fears may be kidnapped.

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  6. Background image for It Was All Over in Leipzig
    6.1/10(46 votes)

    #6 - It Was All Over in Leipzig

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
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  8. Background image for The Quick Brown Fox
    6.3/10(52 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  9. Background image for King Con
    6.6/10(43 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.

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  10. Background image for Thinkback
    6.6/10(45 votes)

    #9 - Thinkback

    S1:E9

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

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  11. Background image for A Kind of Wild Justice
    6.3/10(52 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. Background image for Balance of Terror
    6.3/10(48 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for Triple Cross
    6.5/10(48 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:John Hough
  14. Background image for The Numbers Game
    6.1/10(49 votes)

    #13 - The Numbers Game

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  15. Background image for For the Rest of Your Natural ...
    5.6/10(47 votes)

    #14 - For the Rest of Your Natural ...

    S1:E14

    The Contessa is captured by a psychotic killer who puts her on trial for her life.

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    Director:John Hough
  16. Background image for The Bodyguards
    6.1/10(47 votes)

    #15 - The Bodyguards

    S1:E15

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

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  17. Background image for A Matter of Life and Death
    6.2/10(41 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  18. Background image for The Big Hit
    6.0/10(44 votes)

    #17 - The Big Hit

    S1:E17

    After unsuccessful attempts on their lives, Paul and the Contessa are too late to warn Harry that someone is out to kill him.

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  19. Background image for One and One Makes One
    6.1/10(41 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    6.0/10(43 votes)

    #19 - Talkdown

    S1:E19

    Harry must land a small plane on his own when the pilot dies.

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  21. Background image for Vocal
    5.8/10(41 votes)

    #20 - Vocal

    S1:E20

    Drug dealers plan on using someone who can impersonate Harry's voice in order to get information out of a blinded Paul.

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  22. Background image for With A Little Help From My Friends
    6.9/10(52 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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  23. Background image for Chase
    6.0/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Chase

    S1:E22

    The Contessa gives Harry a shotgun for his birthday which he soon puts to good use when while investigating political blackmail he becomes the quarry in a manhunt.

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    Director:Harry Booth
  24. Background image for Your Witness
    5.9/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Your Witness

    S1:E23

    An important witness to a murder who doesn't want the Protectors protection, vanishes soon after she is placed in the Protectors charge.

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  25. Background image for It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island
    4.4/10(45 votes)

    #24 - It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island

    S1:E24

    A small fluffy dog called Muffin is kidnapped from a hotel to place a microfilm in its collar. The dog is due to be ttansaported to NY. Harry saves the day.

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  26. Background image for The First Circle
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #25 - The First Circle

    S1:E25

    Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

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    Director:Don Chaffey

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"2,000 ft to Die" is the best rated episode of "The Protectors" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 85 votes. Directed by John Hough and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1972. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Brother Hood".