Danger Man
The Outcast
TV Flash files “The Outcast” as hour 70 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 9, aired 1965-11-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E09: listed hour 70 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 9 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1965-11-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Judgement Day” (S03E08). Next is “Are You Going to Be More Permanent?” (S03E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
There's a security leak and the suspect is murdered by someone unknown. Drake is assigned to unravel who killed the informant and discover just how the information was being passed on.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Outcast sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E09 is listed hour 70 of 86 — hour 9 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 9.
When did Danger Man S03E09 air?
The Outcast aired 1965-11-18 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…