Danger Man
English Lady Takes Lodgers
TV Flash files “English Lady Takes Lodgers” as hour 66 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 5, aired 1965-10-21, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 66 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 5 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1965-10-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sting in the Tail” (S03E04). Next is “Loyalty Always Pays” (S03E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
There's a nice Portuguese villa where an English lady and her husband reside. Lodger's there are suspected when the husband disappears and Drake is assigned to see what's going on. He is brought in on a smuggling ring by the lodgers who say they are smuggling industrial diamonds. In reality, they are smuggling missile electronics.
Viewer FAQ
Where does English Lady Takes Lodgers sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 66 of 86 — hour 5 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did Danger Man S03E05 air?
English Lady Takes Lodgers aired 1965-10-21 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.
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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…
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- Patrick McGoohan as John Drake
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