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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 24 - It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island
    4.3/10(46 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 14 - For the Rest of Your Natural ...
    5.6/10(47 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 11 - Dragon Chase
    5.6/10(35 votes)

    #3 - Dragon Chase

    S2:E11

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

    Director:Charles Crichton
    Writer:John Kruse

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  4. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 16 - The Bridge
    5.7/10(34 votes)

    #4 - The Bridge

    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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  5. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 20 - Vocal
    5.8/10(40 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 1 - Quin
    5.8/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Quin

    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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  7. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 26 - Blockbuster
    5.8/10(38 votes)

    #7 - Blockbuster

    S2:E26

    The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Shane Rimmer

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  8. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 23 - Your Witness
    5.9/10(40 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 5 - Baubles, Bangles and Beads
    5.9/10(36 votes)

    #9 - Baubles, Bangles and Beads

    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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  10. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 12 - Decoy
    5.9/10(39 votes)

    #10 - Decoy

    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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  11. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 13 - Border Line
    5.9/10(37 votes)

    #11 - Border Line

    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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  12. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 21 - Trial
    5.9/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Trial

    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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  13. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 5 - Ceremony For the Dead
    6.0/10(48 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 19 - The Tiger and the Goat
    6.0/10(34 votes)

    #14 - The Tiger and the Goat

    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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  15. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 4 - Disappearing Trick
    6.1/10(52 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 6 - It Was All Over in Leipzig
    6.1/10(45 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 13 - The Numbers Game
    6.1/10(49 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 15 - The Bodyguards
    6.1/10(46 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 17 - The Big Hit
    6.1/10(43 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 19 - Talkdown
    6.1/10(43 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 22 - Chase
    6.1/10(41 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. The Protectors Season 1 Episode 26 - A Case For the Right
    6.1/10(40 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The Protectors Season 2 Episode 4 - The Last Frontier
    6.1/10(40 votes)

    #23 - The Last Frontier

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island" is the worst rated episode of "The Protectors". It scored 4.3/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Robert Vaughn and written by Tony Barwick, it aired on 3/16/1973. This episode scored 1.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "For the Rest of Your Natural ...".