Danger Man
I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number
TV Flash files “I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number” as hour 81 of 86 in the TV Flash guide — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 20, aired 1966-03-17, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E20: listed hour 81 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, hour 20 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1966-03-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Two Birds with One Bullet” (S03E19). Next is “The Man with the Foot” (S03E21).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An agent is kidnapped by one of the opposition and a body left in a burning car to make everyone think he was killed in a car crash. Drake determines he is not dead after all and sets out to find who kidnapped him and rescue him before it's too late.
Viewer FAQ
Where does I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E20 is listed hour 81 of 86 — hour 20 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 20.
When did Danger Man S03E20 air?
I am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number aired 1966-03-17 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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