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The Worst Episodes of The Protectors

Every episode of The Protectors ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

"It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island" is the worst rated episode of "The Protectors". It scored 4.5/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Robert Vaughn and written by Tony Barwick, it aired on 3/16/1973. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dragon Chase".

  • It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island
    4.5/1039 votes
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    #1 - It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/1973

    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.

    Director: Robert Vaughn

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Dragon Chase
    5.4/1029 votes
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    #2 - Dragon Chase

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1973

    In Britain, Harry is called on to protect a Russian author from publishing his anti-socialist book.

    Director: Charles Crichton

    Writer: John Kruse

  • The Bridge
    5.4/1030 votes
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    #3 - The Bridge

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1974

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • For the Rest of Your Natural ...
    5.5/1041 votes
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    #4 - For the Rest of Your Natural ...

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1973

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

    Director: John Hough

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Trial
    5.5/1029 votes
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    #5 - Trial

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1974

    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

  • Vocal
    5.6/1035 votes
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    #6 - Vocal

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1973

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

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Brian Clemens

  • Blockbuster
    5.6/1032 votes
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    #7 - Blockbuster

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/15/1974

    The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Shane Rimmer

  • Quin
    5.7/1037 votes
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    #8 - Quin

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1973

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

    Director: Don Leaver

    Writer: Trevor Preston

  • Baubles, Bangles and Beads
    5.7/1031 votes
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    #9 - Baubles, Bangles and Beads

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1973

    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

  • Decoy
    5.7/1031 votes
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    #10 - Decoy

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1973

    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

  • Your Witness
    5.8/1035 votes
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    #11 - Your Witness

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1973

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Donald James

  • Border Line
    5.8/1031 votes
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    #12 - Border Line

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1973

    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

  • See No Evil
    5.9/1048 votes
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    #13 - See No Evil

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1972

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Donald Jonson

  • Ceremony For the Dead
    5.9/1043 votes
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    #14 - Ceremony For the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1972

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Donald James

  • One and One Makes One
    5.9/1034 votes
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    #15 - One and One Makes One

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1973

    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

    Writer: Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

  • The Last Frontier
    5.9/1033 votes
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    #16 - The Last Frontier

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1973

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

    Director: Charles Crichton

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Implicado
    5.9/1031 votes
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    #17 - Implicado

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1973

    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

  • The Tiger and the Goat
    5.9/1028 votes
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    #18 - The Tiger and the Goat

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1974

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Trevor Preston

  • Wheels
    5.9/1032 votes
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    #19 - Wheels

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1974

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

    Director: David Tomblin

    Writer: Tony Barwick

  • Disappearing Trick
    6.0/1047 votes
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    #20 - Disappearing Trick

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1972

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Brian Clemens

  • Talkdown
    6.0/1037 votes
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    #21 - Talkdown

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1973

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

    Director: Jeremy Summers

    Writer: Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

  • Chase
    6.0/1036 votes
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    #22 - Chase

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/2/1973

    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.

    Director: Harry Booth

    Writer: Brian Clemens

  • A Case For the Right
    6.0/1034 votes
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    #23 - A Case For the Right

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/30/1973

    The Protectors end up in trouble in the Roman tombs.

    Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

    Writer: Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

  • Goodbye George
    6.0/1031 votes
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    #24 - Goodbye George

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1973

    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

  • It Was All Over in Leipzig
    6.1/1040 votes
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    #25 - 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