Danger Man
Yesterday's Enemies
TV Flash files “Yesterday's Enemies” as a desk essential hour — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 2, episode 1, aired 1964-10-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 40 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1964-10-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Deadline” (S01E39). Next is “The Professionals” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Yesterday's Enemies”. Yesterday's Enemies opens the hour-long years: Secret Agent syndication already the U.S. name, missions still refusing to wink.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mr. Brett is known to be giving away British industrial secrets. However, when Drake confronts him, he discovers things are a lot more complicated and that John Brett is not the only person being investigated.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Yesterday's Enemies sit in the Danger Man guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 40 of 86 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Danger Man S02E01 air?
Yesterday's Enemies aired 1964-10-13 and is listed at 60 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
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