Danger Man
The Blue Veil
TV Flash files “The Blue Veil” as hour 4 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 1, episode 4, aired 1960-10-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 4 of 39 in season 1. It aired 1960-10-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Josetta” (S01E03). Next is “The Lovers” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Drake travels to the Arabian Desert to investigate stories of slavery.While there he befriends a Muslim boy and helps a stranded showgirl who believes Drake is a slave broker
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Blue Veil sit in the Danger Man guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 86 — hour 4 of 39 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did Danger Man S01E04 air?
The Blue Veil aired 1960-10-02 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
A John Drake mission with McGoohan's chill — brains over gadgets — is the professional contract. U.S. prints may be titled Secret Agent; same agent.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Danger Man (Secret Agent in U.S. syndication) is Patrick McGoohan's John Drake: spy craft with fewer toys and more professional chill. The ITC series is the sober sibling of Bond mania, and the runway to The Prisoner. McGoohan refuses to wink — taut missions, moral stubbornness, and the reason Number Six already feels like a resignation letter.
Two windows, one chill. Danger Man (Secret Agent in U.S. syndication) is Patrick McGoohan's John Drake: spy craft with fewer toys and more professional quiet. Ralph Smart's ITC series ran in phases — **1960–1962 and 1964–1968** — as the sober sibling of Bond mania. Brains, ethics tension, minimal camp. International assignments as professionalism. Rex will toast the tuxedo era. McGoohan refused to play Bond, and the Drake-to-Number-Six pipeline is the lore: taut missions, moral stubbornness, the reason Number Six…
Filed against
- Patrick McGoohan as John Drake
Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six spends The Prisoner demanding identity in a pastel Village of surveillance — seventeen stylish, stubborn episodes, a finale that still starts arguments — after Danger Man’s John Drake practiced spy craft with…