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The Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    The Protectors Season 1 Episode 1 - 2,000 ft to Die
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    #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.

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 2 - Brother Hood
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    #2 - 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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  3. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 3 - See No Evil
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    #3 - 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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  4. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 4 - Disappearing Trick
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    #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.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  5. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 5 - Ceremony For the Dead
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    #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.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Donald James

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  6. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 6 - It Was All Over in Leipzig
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Donald James

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  7. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 7 - The Quick Brown Fox
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Donald James

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  8. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 8 - King Con
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    #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 9 - Thinkback
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    #9 - 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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  10. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 10 - A Kind of Wild Justice
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    #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.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Donald James

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  11. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 11 - Balance of Terror
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:John Goldsmith

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  12. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 12 - Triple Cross
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    #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.

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Lewis Davidson

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  13. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 13 - The Numbers Game
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Ralph Smart

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  14. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 14 - For the Rest of Your Natural ...
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    #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.

    Director:John Hough
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  15. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 15 - The Bodyguards
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Dennis Spooner

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  16. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 16 - A Matter of Life and Death
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    #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.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Donald James

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  17. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 17 - The Big Hit
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    #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.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Donald James

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  18. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 18 - One and One Makes One
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    #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.

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

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  19. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 19 - Talkdown
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    #19 - Talkdown

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writers:Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

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  20. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 20 - Vocal
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    #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.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  21. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 21 - With A Little Help From My Friends
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    #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.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Sylvia Anderson

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  22. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 22 - Chase
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    #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.

    Director:Harry Booth
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  23. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 23 - Your Witness
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    #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.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Donald James

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  24. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 24 - It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island
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    #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.

    Director:Robert Vaughn
    Writer:Tony Barwick

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  25. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 26 - A Case For the Right
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    #25 - A Case For the Right

    S1:E26

    The Protectors end up in trouble in the Roman tombs.

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writers:Jesse Lasky Jr., Pat Lasky

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Worst Episodes Summary

"2,000 ft to Die" is the worst rated episode of "The Protectors". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John Hough and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Brother Hood".