Danger Man
Koroshi
TV Flash files “Koroshi” as a desk essential hour — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 4, episode 1, aired 1968-01-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 85 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 1968-01-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Not So Jolly Roger” (S03E23). Next is “Shinda Shima” (S04E02).
Essential hour: “Koroshi”. Koroshi is the late color-door pairing: Drake still the professional, McGoohan still not playing the tuxedo joke.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A Japanese agent warns that a UN negotiator will be assassinated in New York by a Tokyo-based organisation. She is killed before she can give the details and Drake is sent to Tokyo to investigate. The only clue is a pendant the girl had.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Koroshi sit in the Danger Man guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 85 of 86 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did Danger Man S04E01 air?
Koroshi aired 1968-01-05 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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