Danger Man
A Room in the Basement
TV Flash files “A Room in the Basement” as hour 55 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 2, episode 16, aired 1965-02-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E16: listed hour 55 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 16 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1965-02-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Whatever Happened to George Foster?” (S02E15). Next is “The Affair at Castelevara” (S02E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
To save a friend with sensitive information who is being held in the Romanian embassy in Geneva, Drake must break into the embassy, in defiance of the British ambassador, retrieve his friend, and avoid an international incident.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Room in the Basement sit in the Danger Man guide?
S02E16 is listed hour 55 of 86 — hour 16 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 16.
When did Danger Man S02E16 air?
A Room in the Basement aired 1965-02-02 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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