Danger Man
The Man on the Beach
TV Flash files “The Man on the Beach” as hour 73 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 12, aired 1965-12-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E12: listed hour 73 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 12 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1965-12-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “To Our Best Friend” (S03E11). Next is “Say It with Flowers” (S03E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Drake is working for Sir Alan Grose to try and find out who is the double agent within the organization.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Man on the Beach sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E12 is listed hour 73 of 86 — hour 12 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 12.
When did Danger Man S03E12 air?
The Man on the Beach aired 1965-12-16 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…