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In 1960, television-executive Lew Grade's ITC company inaugurated a tradition of escapist adventure/mystery shows with
Danger Man, a pocket-sized take on the spy stuff strutted in fiction by Ian Fleming's as-yet-unfilmed James Bond books. The versatile Patrick McGoohan took the lead role of John Drake, a daring spy for the NATO powers. This first, half-hour incarnation of the show (that would be known in the US as
Secret Agent) concentrated on tight little plots executed at a rapid pace. McGoohan proved as adept in the numerous fight scenes as he was at spitting out the hardboiled dialogue which counterpointed Edwin Astley's memorable music. Although Drake is a deliberately colourless leading man, the format of the show allowed McGoohan to go undercover each week as a different, often strange character. Later, the series came back as an hour-long programme that segued wildly into McGoohan's masterpiece,
The Prisoner.
Volume Two comprises: "The Lovers" (guest star Maxine Audley); "Girl in Pink Pyjamas"; "Position of Trust" (Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell); and "The Lonely Chair" (Hazel Court, Sam Wanamaker, Patrick Troughton). --Kim Newman
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Includes:- 'The Lovers', 'The Girl In Pink Pyjamas', 'Position Of Trust' and 'The Lonely Chair'.
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