Danger Man
The Mercenaries
TV Flash files “The Mercenaries” as hour 68 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 7, aired 1965-11-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E07: listed hour 68 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 7 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1965-11-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Loyalty Always Pays” (S03E06). Next is “Judgement Day” (S03E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An agent is killed in the field and Drake is sent to the African country where it happened to investigate the generals and leaders of a small mercenary band intent on seeing the country's leader die while under the knife in a hospital so that they may take control of the country.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Mercenaries sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E07 is listed hour 68 of 86 — hour 7 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 7.
When did Danger Man S03E07 air?
The Mercenaries aired 1965-11-04 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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