Danger Man
A Date with Doris
TV Flash files “A Date with Doris” as hour 51 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 2, episode 12, aired 1964-12-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E12: listed hour 51 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 12 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1964-12-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Don't Nail Him Yet” (S02E11). Next is “That's Two of Us Sorry” (S02E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A glamorous actress is murdered and an M9 agent, whose cover has been discovered, is framed for her murder. Drake task is to get him out of jail and off the island using a submarine code-named Doris.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Date with Doris sit in the Danger Man guide?
S02E12 is listed hour 51 of 86 — hour 12 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 12.
When did Danger Man S02E12 air?
A Date with Doris aired 1964-12-29 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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