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The Best Episodes of The Protectors Season 2

Every episode of The Protectors Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Protectors Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Protectors Season 2 Episode 22 - Shadbolt
    6.8/10(50 votes)

    S2:E22

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

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  2. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 23 - A Pocketful of Posies
    6.6/10(41 votes)

    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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  3. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 14 - Zeke's Blues
    6.3/10(42 votes)

    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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  4. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 25 - The Insider
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    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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  5. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 2 - Bagman
    6.2/10(49 votes)

    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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  6. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 3 - Fighting Fund
    6.2/10(46 votes)

    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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  7. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 6 - Petard
    6.2/10(42 votes)

    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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  8. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 8 - Wam (1)
    6.2/10(44 votes)

    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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  9. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 9 - Wam (2)
    6.2/10(40 votes)

    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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  10. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 7 - Goodbye George
    6.1/10(40 votes)

    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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  11. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 17 - Sugar and Spice
    6.1/10(48 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  12. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 18 - Burning Bush
    6.1/10(43 votes)

    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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  13. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 20 - Route 27
    6.1/10(39 votes)

    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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  14. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 10 - Implicado
    6.0/10(40 votes)

    S2:E10

    In Spain, an English boy is framed and arrested on drug charges after a drug dealer plants some hash in his backpack.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  15. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 15 - Lena
    6.0/10(42 votes)

    S2:E15

    In Venice, Harry aids Lena, a journalist, expose a corrupt politician.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  16. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 24 - Wheels
    6.0/10(41 votes)

    S2:E24

    The Protectors are hired to discretely research stolen secret Swiss bank account information.

    Director:David Tomblin
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  17. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 4 - The Last Frontier
    5.9/10(43 votes)

    S2:E4

    The Protectors are hired to smuggle into Britain a Russian scientist who wishes to marry her childhood sweetheart.

    Director:Charles Crichton
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  18. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 5 - Baubles, Bangles and Beads
    5.8/10(39 votes)

    S2:E5

    In Denmark, a young woman and her father call on the Protectors to deliver a huge ransom for a stolen jewelry shipment.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  19. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 19 - The Tiger and the Goat
    5.8/10(39 votes)

    S2:E19

    The Contessa is used to lure her former lover, a British spy, out into the open.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  20. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 12 - Decoy
    5.7/10(42 votes)

    S2:E12

    An old friend who has a new lead on an insurance scam calls Harry and the Contessa to Venice, but he is murdered just before they arrive.

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  21. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 1 - Quin
    5.6/10(45 votes)

    S2:E1

    Harry travels to Spain in order to track down a bounty hunter named Quin.

    Director:Don Leaver
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  22. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 13 - Border Line
    5.6/10(40 votes)

    S2:E13

    The Protectors are hired by a Hungarian actress wanting to bury her now deceased revolutionary father in their homeland.

    Director:Charles Crichton
    Writer:Anthony Terpiloff

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  23. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 21 - Trial
    5.6/10(36 votes)

    S2:E21

    The Protectors are called upon when the father of a man on trial for murdering a policeman goes after the judge.

    Director:Charles Crichton
    Writer:Robert Banks Stewart

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  24. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 26 - Blockbuster
    5.6/10(40 votes)

    S2:E26

    The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Shane Rimmer

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  25. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 16 - The Bridge
    5.5/10(37 votes)

    S2:E16

    Undercover as an explosives expert, Harry seeks to rescue a kidnapped girl and prevent a bridge bombing.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Shadbolt" is the best rated episode of "The Protectors" season 2. It scored 6.8/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by John Hough and written by Tony Barwick, it aired on 2/15/1974. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Pocketful of Posies".