Danger Man
To Our Best Friend
TV Flash files “To Our Best Friend” as hour 72 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 11, aired 1965-12-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E11: listed hour 72 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 11 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1965-12-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Are You Going to Be More Permanent?” (S03E10). Next is “The Man on the Beach” (S03E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Drake is asked to check up on an old friend who may be passing information to the opposition. He initially refuses the assignment, but decides to take the assignment figuring if there is any wrongdoing, he might be able to mitigate it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does To Our Best Friend sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E11 is listed hour 72 of 86 — hour 11 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 11.
When did Danger Man S03E11 air?
To Our Best Friend aired 1965-12-09 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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