Danger Man
Shinda Shima
TV Flash files “Shinda Shima” as a desk essential hour — Danger Man (1960–1968) on ITV, season 4, episode 2, aired 1968-01-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E02: listed hour 86 of 86 in the Danger Man guide, last listed hour of season 4. It aired 1968-01-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Koroshi” (S04E01). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Shinda Shima”. Shinda Shima closes the listed ITC run — catalog tail of spy craft that treated toys as optional and chill as mandatory.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An electronics expert working for the government suddenly retires. M9 wants to know why, and Drake takes his place. His search leads to an island off Japan; Shinda Shima.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Shinda Shima sit in the Danger Man guide?
S04E02 is listed hour 86 of 86 — last listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 2.
When did Danger Man S04E02 air?
Shinda Shima aired 1968-01-12 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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