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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 and 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 Four includes the following episodes: "The Prisoner" (with guest star William Sylvester); "The Traitor (Barbara Shelley, Warren Mitchell; "Deadline" (William Marshall); and "Colonel Rodriguez" (Honor Blackman, Noel Willman). --Kim Newman
Synopsis
Episodes:- 'The Prisoner', 'The Traitor', 'Deadline' and 'Colonel Rodriguez'.
