Danger Man
Whatever Happened to George Foster?
TV Flash files “Whatever Happened to George Foster?” as hour 54 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 2, episode 15, aired 1965-01-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E15: listed hour 54 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1965-01-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Such Men Are Dangerous” (S02E14). Next is “A Room in the Basement” (S02E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Drake discovers that a woman is financing political agitators in Santo Marco trying to bring down the government. He sets out to find out who employs her and why. Drake finds it is being funded by a rich member of the aristocracy.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Whatever Happened to George Foster? sit in the Danger Man guide?
S02E15 is listed hour 54 of 86 — hour 15 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 15.
When did Danger Man S02E15 air?
Whatever Happened to George Foster? aired 1965-01-19 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
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…