Danger Man
Not So Jolly Roger
TV Flash files “Not So Jolly Roger” as the last listed hour of season 3 — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 3, episode 23, aired 1966-04-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 84 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1966-04-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Paper Chase” (S03E22). Next is “Koroshi” (S04E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An obsolete offshore defense outpost is now being used as a radio station. It is also being used to send government secrets to enemy submarines.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Not So Jolly Roger sit in the Danger Man guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 84 of 86 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Danger Man S03E23 air?
Not So Jolly Roger aired 1966-04-07 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…