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EPISODE GUIDE

Season One 1960 B&W (30  mins)

 

1. View from the Villa

Guest Stars: Barbara Shelley [ Gina Scarlotti ], Delphi Lawrence [ Stella Delroy ], John Lee [ Mayne ], Colin Douglas [ Mego ], Philip Latham [ Delroy ], Court Benson [ Finch ], Andreas Maladrinos [ Waiter ], Charles Houston [ Café Artist ], Marie Burke [ Housekeeper ], David Ritch [ Taxi Driver ], June Rodney [ Maid ]

Drake goes to the seaside resort of Portmeirion while investigating the murder of a banker.

First Broadcast: 11 Sep 60 pc: 002 Written By: Brian Clemens and Ralph Smart Directed By: Terry Bishop

 

 

2. Time to Kill

Guest Stars: Sarah Lawson [ Lisa Orin ], Lionel Murton [ Colonel Keller ], Derren Nesbitt [ Vogeler ], Carl Jaffe [ Professor Barkoff ], Louise Collins [ Sally Raymond ], Anthony Jacobs [ Waiter ], Endre Muller [ Patrolman ], Edward Hardwicke [ Frontier Guard ], Harvey Hall [ Frontier Guard ]

In Paris , Drake becomes handcuffed to a girl while on the trail of an international killer.

First Broadcast: 18 Sep 60 pc: 004 Written By: Ian Stuart Black and Brian Clemens s: Ralph Smart Directed By: Ralph Smart

 

3. Josetta

Guest Stars: Kenneth Haig [ Juan Cortez ], Julia Arnall [ Josetta ], Campbell Singer [ Colonel Segur ], Randall Kinkead [ Olot ], Claire Gordon [ Sandra ], Glenn Beck [ Motril ], Robert Bernal [ Miguel ], Anthony Viccars [ Policeman ]

Drake helps a blind girl who is the only one able to identify her brother's killer find the man.

First Broadcast: 25 Sep 60 pc: 028 Written By: Ralph Smart Directed By: Michael Truman

 

4. The Blue Veil

Guest Stars: Laurence Naismith [ Spooner ], Lisa Gastoni [ Clare ], Ferdy Mayne [ The Moukta ], Joseph Cuby [ Hassan ], Peter Thornton [ Pilot ]

Sent to the Arabian Desert to investigate slavery, Drake helps a stranded showgirl who thinks he is one of the slavers.

First Broadcast: 2 Oct 60 pc: 016 Written By: Don Ingalls and Ralph Smart Directed By: Charles Frend

 

5. The Lovers

Guest Stars: Maxine Audley [ Maria ], Martin Miller [ Stavros ], Michael Ripper [ Miguel Torres ], Ewen Solon [ President Gomez ], Carl Bernard [ Leonido ], Hermione Gregory [ Rosa ]

Drake is asked to guard a president who is coming to London by an old enemy who is now the president's aid.

First Broadcast: 9 Oct 60 pc: 017 Written By: Jo Eisinger and Doreen Montgomery Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

6. The Girl in Pink Pyjamas

Guest Stars: Angela Browne [ The Girl ], John Crawford [ Dr Keller ], Alan Tilvern [ Major Minos ], Robert Raglan [ Dr Stanifors ], Richard Warner [ Hospital Director ], Robert Cowdron [ President ], Colette Wilde [ Farmer's Wife ], Frederick Schiller [ Country Doctor ], Harvey Hall [ Captain Franz ], Richard Marner [ Anaesthetist ], Janine Gray [ Nurse ], Marian Diamond [ Telephone Operator ]

While investigating a young girl who was found dazed and wandering around in pink pyjamas, Drake discovers a plot to kill a Balkan nation's president.

First Broadcast: 16 Oct 60 pc: 012 Written By: Ian Stuart Black and Ralph Smart s: Brian Clemens Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

7. Position of Trust

Guest Stars: Donald Pleasence [ Aldrich ], Lois Maxwell [ Sandi Lewis ], John Philips [ Paul ], Gilbert Winfield [ Alison ], Irene Prador [ Mrs Aldrich ], Martin Benson [ Fawzi ], Madeleine Kasket [ Mrs Fawzi ], Derek Godfrey [ Casino Manager ], Derrick Sherwin [ Aly ]

Drake teams up with an American agent to put a Middle Eastern opium supplier out of business.

First Broadcast: 23 Oct 60 pc: 007 Written By: Jo Eisinger s: Ian Stuart Black Directed By: Ralph Smart

 

8. The Lonely Chair

Guest Stars: Hazel Court [ Noelle Laurence ], Sam Wanamaker [ Patrick Laurence ], Patrick Troughton [ Brenner ], Howard Pays [ Holst ], Jack Melford [ Caldwell ], Alexander Melford [ Fordyce ], Robert Harbin [ Rolf ], Dorothy Hersee [ Mrs Hardy ], Clifford Earl [ Porter ], Liz Lanchbury [ Sally ]
Drake is assigned to impersonate a kidnapped girl's father in order to save her life.

First Broadcast: 30 Oct 60 pc: 025 Written By: John Roddick and Ralph Smart Directed By: Charles Frend

 

9. The Sanctuary

Guest Stars: Kieron Moore [ Crawford ], Wendy Williams [ Kathy ], Barry Keegan [ Liamond ], Charles Farrell [ Anders ], Shay Gorman [ Brannigan ], John Rae [ Neil ], Ewen MacDuff [ Hamish ], Peter Murray [ Mullins ]

Drake goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of IRA commandos.

First Broadcast: 6 Nov 60 pc: 018 Written By: John Roddick and Ralph Smart Directed By: Charles Frend

 

10. An Affair of State

Guest Stars: Patrick Wymark [ Ortiz ], John Le Mesurier [ Alvarado ], Dorothy White [ Raquel ], Warren Mitchell [ Santiago ], Alan Gifford [ Mr Hartley ], Victor Baring [ Airport Official ], Michael Hitchman [ Barman ], Andre Charise [ Croupier ], Anthony Viccars [ Police Sgt ], Fenella Fielding [ Hostess ]

In a Caribbean nation Drake discover that an American economics expert's apparent suicide was murder.

First Broadcast: 13 Nov 60 pc: 009 Written By: Oscar Brodny Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

11.The Key

Guest Stars: Robert Fleming [ Logan ], Monique Ahrens [ Maria ], Charles Carson [ Ambassador ], Charles Gray [ Alex ], Peter Swanwick [ Joe ], Charles Lloyd Pack [ Police Supt ], Martin Sterndale [ Detective ]

Drake gets assigned to discover who is leaking information from the U.S. embassy in Vienna .

First Broadcast: 20 Nov 60 pc: 001 Written By: Jack Whittingham s: Ralph Smart Directed By: Seth Holt

 

12. The Sisters

Guest Stars: Mai Zetterling [ Nadia ], Barbara Murray [ Gerda ], Sydney Tafler [ Radek ], Anthony Dawson [ Security Officer ], Martin Wyldeck [ Nagor ], Hedger Wallace [ Embassy Man ], Michael Hunt [ Parsinski ], Michael Jacques [ Glazanov ], Antonia Gilpin [ Mana ]

Drake is assigned to find out why a beautiful young refugee wants political asylum.

First Broadcast: 27 Nov 60 pc: 008 Written By: Jo Eisinger s: Brian Clemens Directed By: Seth Holt

 

13. The Prisoner

Guest Stars: William Sylvester [ James Carpenter / Oscar Schumak ], June Thorburn [ Sue Carpenter ], William Lucas [ Colonel Vasco ], Michael Peake [ President ], Keith Goodman [ Passport Officer ], John Slavid [ Policeman ]

Drake must find and substitute a double for an American who is confined to the U.S. embassy on a Caribbean island.

First Broadcast: 4 Dec 60 pc: 024 Written By: Ralph Smart and Robert Stewart Directed By: Terry Bishop

 

14. The Traitor

Guest Stars: Ronald Howard [ Noel Goddard ], Barbara Shelley [ Lousie Goddard ], Jack Watling [ Rollo Waters ], Warren Mitchell [ Banarji ], Derek Sydney [ Panah ], George A. Cooper [ Blatta ], Guy Deghy [ Guard on Train ]

In India , a traitor that Drake has been assigned to bring in is out to kill him.

First Broadcast: 11 Dec 60 pc: 013 Written By: John Roddick Directed By: Terry Bishop

 

15. Colonel Rodriguez

Guest Stars: Noel Willman [ Colonel Rodriguez ], Maxine Audley [ Martine ], Honor Blackman [ Joan Bernard ], Ronald Allen [ Walter Bernard ], Campbell Singer [ General Abeijon ], Cyril Shaps [ Pietro ], Pearl Prescod [ Chloe ], Neville Becker [ Danny ], Lloyd Reckord [ Barman ], Brian Jackson [ Policeman ]

In the Caribbean , Drake is accused of murder while trying top clear an American journalist of espionage charges.

First Broadcast: 18 Dec 60 pc: 021 Written By: Ralph Smart Directed By: Julian Amyes

 

16. The Island

Guest Stars: Allan Cuthbertson [ Mr Wilson ], Peter Stephens [ Mr Jones ], Ann Firbank [ Bobby ], Michael Ripper [ Kane ], Ronan O'Casey [ Pilot ], Richard Thorp [ Bobb ], Charles Irwin [ Airport Official ], Nyree Dawn Porter [ Stewardess ]

Drake and two prisoners that he was flying in crash their plane on a small island.

First Broadcast: 1 Jan 61 pc: 029 Written By: Ralph Smart and Brian Clemens Directed By: Pennington Richards

 

17. Find and Return

Guest Stars: Moira Lister [ Vanessa ], Donald Pleasance [ Nikolides ], Paul Stassino [ Ramfi ], Zena Marshall [ Mrs Ramfi ], Warren Mitchell [ Shashig ], Keith Rawlings [ Detective ], Frank Thornton [ Airport Official ], Nancy Seabrook [ Mrs Nikolides ]

In the mid-east, Drake convinces a girl, that Hardy sent him to bring in, to leave with him, before the British catch up with her.

First Broadcast: 8 Jan 61 pc: 003 Written By: Jo Eisinger Directed By: Seth Holt

 

18. The Girl Who Liked GI's

Guest Stars: Anna Gaylor [ Vicki ], Anthony Bushell [ Lotsbeyer ], Nigel Green [ Wetzel ], Paul Maxwell [ Doyle ], Charles Farrell [ Krug ], Graydon Gould [ Sgt Ross ], Bill Edwards [ Sgt Poole ], Rudolph Offenbach [ Manservant ], Betty Le Beau [ Receptionist ]

In Munich, Drake poses as an American G.I. to investigate a G.I.'s murder.

First Broadcast: 15 Jan 61 pc: 034 Written By: Marc Brandel and Ralph Smart Directed By: Michael Truman

 

19. Name, Date and Place

Guest Stars: Cyril Raymond [ Nash ], Kathleen Byron [ Deirdre ], Patricia Marmont [ Rosemary ], Jean Marsh [ Kim Russell ], Susan Travers [ Nita ], Delenna Kidd [ Franky ], Olive McFarland [ Chambermaid ], Guy Deghy [ Vogel ], Frederick Piper [ Small Man ], Beaufoy Milton [ Butler ], Frank Sieman [ Det Insp Marks ], Peter Hutton [ Det Sgt Davis ]

Drake discovers that the apparently unrelated murders of several prominent people were assassinations.

First Broadcast: 22 Jan 61 pc: 031 Written By: Ralph Smart and John Roddick Directed By: Charles Frend

 

20. Vacation

Guest Stars: Hugh McDermott [ Amory ], Esmond Knight [ Baron ], Jacqueline Ellis [ Veronica ], Barrie Ingham [ Georges ], Lawrence Davidson [ Gautier ], John Wynyard [ Butler ], Richard Clarke [ Ricki ], Charles Lloyd Pack [ Gunsmith ]

Drake tries to discover who is to be the victim of an assassin he spots while on vacation.

First Broadcast: 29 Jan 61 pc: 037 Written By: Ralph Smart Directed By: Patrick McGoohan

 

21. The Conspirators

Guest Stars: Patricia Driscoll [ Lady Lindsay ], Terence Longdon [ Saunders ], Hugh Moxey [ Sir Arthur Lindsay ], Alfred Burke [ Craven ], Percy Herbert [ Innkeeper ], Rory McDermot [ Burke ], Neil McCarthy [ Skipper ], Michael Sands [ George ], Ian Ellis [ Kip ], Timothy Benke [ Tim ]

On a small island, Drake must protect the widow of a British diplomat from two killers.

First Broadcast: 5 Feb 61 pc: 030 Written By: Ralph Smart and John Roddick Directed By: Michael Truman

 

22. The Honeymooners

Guest Stars: Lee Montague [ Mr Chung Sun ], Ronald Allen [ Ted Baker ], Sally Bazely [ Joan Baker ], Michael Peake [ President ], Kerrigan Prescott [ Reporter ], Sheldon Lawrence [ Williams ], Anthony Chinn [ Mitchu ], Eric Young [ Police Lieut ], Myo Toon [ Gate Keeper ], Barbara Lee [ Maid ], Jimmy Fung [ Receptionist ]

Drake travels to the Far east to investigate the murder of a Chinese businessman.

First Broadcast: 2 Apr 61 pc: 033 Written By: Ralph Smart and Lewis Davidson Directed By: Charles Frend

 

23. The Gallows Tree

Guest Stars: Paul Rogers [ Laing ], Wendy Craig [ Jean ], Raymond Huntley [ Clements ], Ewan Roberts [ Craig ], Andrew Crawford [ Mackenzie ], John Glyn-Jones [ Hamish ], John Rae [ Shepherd ], Reginald Hearne [ Hawkes ], Gareth Tandy [Duncan], Michael Bird [ Conductor ], Finlay Currie [ Jock ]

In the Scottish Highlands, when a stolen car turns up with the fingerprints of a spy thought dead for 10 years John Drake goes to investigate.

First Broadcast: 9 Apr 61 pc: 036 Written By: Ralph Smart and Marc Brandel Directed By: Michael Truman

 

24. The Relaxed Informer

Guest Stars: Duncan Lamont [ Joseph Brenner ], Moira Redmond [ Ruth ], Paul Maxwell [ Colonel Royle ], Brian Rawlinson [ Frederick ], Stanley Van Beers [ Benedict ], Tom Gill [ Captain Brandt ], Pauline Letts [ Greta ], Henry Vidon [ French Delegate ], Charles Vance [ Sergeant ]

Drake must discover whether an interpreter suspected of being a security leak is one.

First Broadcast: 16 Apr 61 pc: 022 Written By: Ralph Smart and Robert Stewart Directed By: Anthony Bushell

 

25. The Brothers

Guest Stars: Lisa Gastoni [ Lita Rossi ], George Colouris [ Police Commissioner ], Ronald Fraser [ Guiseppe ], Derren Nesbitt [ Hugo ], John Woodvine [ Luigi ], Nancy Beckh [ Housekeeper ], Gino Melvazzi [ Policeman ], Rodney Burice [ 1st Airman ], Wesley Murphy [ 2nd Airman ]

Off the coast of Sicily , Drake must recover a diplomatic satchel taken by mountain bandits when a plane crashed there

First Broadcast: 23 Apr 61 pc: 020 Written By: Ralph Smart Directed By: Charles Frend

 

26. The Journey Ends Halfway

Guest Stars: Paul Daneman [ Dr Bakalter ], Willoughby Goddard [ McFadden ], Anna May Wong [ Miss Lee ], Paul Hardtmuth [ Paterno ], Martin Boddey [ Masseur ], Burt Kwouk [ Tai ], Anthony Chin [ Chang ]

In order to smash an escape route organization that kills its clients, Drake poses as a Czech engineer who wants to defect to the West.

First Broadcast: 30 Apr 61 pc: 006 Written By: Ian Stuart Black Directed By: Clive Donner

 

27. Bury the Dead

Guest Stars: Beverly Garland [ Jo Harris ], Dermot Walsh [ Hugo Delano ], Paul Stassino [ Police Captain ], Patrick Troughton [ Bart ], George Murcell [ Bruno ], George Eugeniou [ Barman ], Robert Shaw [ Tony Costello ]

Drake investigates the death of a NATO agent who was killed in a car crash.

First Broadcast: 7 May 61 pc: 011 Written By: Ralph Smart s: Brian Clemens Directed By: Clive Donner

 

28 Sabotage

Guest Stars: Maggie Fitzgibbon [ Peta Jason ], Yvonne Romain [ Giselle ], Oliver Burt [ Meisener ], Alex Scott [ Benson ], R. Booby Naidoo [ Chin Lee ], Lyn Ashley [ Ann ], Jimmy Fung [ Taxi Driver ], John Sterland [ Pilot ], Peter Dolphin [ Co-Pilot ]

Drake goes undercover as a replacement pilot when an airline's owner is killed and several of its planes crash.

First Broadcast: 14 May 61 pc: 013 Written By: Michael Pertwee and Ian Stuart Black Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

29. The Contessa

Guest Stars: Hazel Court [ Francesca ], John Wyse [ Julio ], Lionel Murton [ Keller ], Ralph Truman [ Minister ], Bill Nagy [ Mario ], Jennifer Jayne [ Rosa ], Irene Prador [ Maria ], Dudley Foster [ Giorgio ], Edward Cast [ Rossi ], Jackie Collins [ Lucia ], Glenn Beck [ Intern ], Terence Cooper [ Singer ], Eddie Malin [ Old Man ]

Drake goes undercover to discover the source of cocaine that is being sent to New York .

First Broadcast: 21 May 61 pc: 027 Written By: John Roddick and Ralph Smart Directed By: Terry Bishop

 

30. The Leak

Guest Stars: Zena Marshall [ Doctor Leclair ], Bernard Archard [ Doctor Bryant ], Marne Maitland [ Sheik Ahmed ], Anthony Dawson [ Martin ], Lawrence Davidson [ Finch ], Walter Gotell [ Colonel Perar ], William Peacock [ Ceretary ], Barry Shawzin [ Salah ], Patsy Smart [ Mrs Parkes ], Joseph Cuby [ Sadi ], Eric Pohlmann [ Moham ]

Drake joins forces with an European Doctor when workers at an African nuclear power plant fall ill.

First Broadcast: 28 May 61 pc: 032 Written By: Ralph Smart and Brian Clemens Directed By: Anthony Bushell

 

31. The Trap

Guest Stars: Jeanne Moody [ Beth ], Noel Trevarthen [ Gino ], Marie Burke [ Carla ], Alan Gifford [ Whitmore ], Lousie Collins [ Liz ], Georgina Cookson [ Miss Bishop ], Victor Rietti [ Papa ], Miki Iveria [ Momma ], John Bonney [ Stashig , Patrick Maynard [ Officer ], Graham Stewart [ Pilot ]

When a cipher expert disappears from her job at the U.S. Embassy in London , Drake follows her to Venice .

First Broadcast: 4 Jun 61 pc: 038 Written By: Ralph Smart and John Roddick Directed By: Pennington Richards

 

32. The Actor

Guest Stars: Rupert Davies [ Colonel Graves ], Gary Cockrell [ Al Jason ], Julie Allan [ Suzan ], Patsy Rowlands [ Mrs Harkness ], Burt Kwouk [ Chen Tung ], Andy Ho [ General Chu Yee, Eric Young [ Mr Toy ], Sam Chowdhary [ Karibz ], Chin-Yu [ Receptionist ], Soo-Bee Lee [ Secretary ]

In Hong Kong, Drake discovers a radio station's sound technician was killed when he learned the station was sending out secrets in code.

First Broadcast: 11 Jun 61 pc: 039 Written By: Marc Brandel Directed By: Michael Truman

 

33. Hired Assassin

Guest Stars: Alan Wheatley [ Alexis ], Cyril Shaps [ Luis ], Nyall Florenz [ Edouardo ], Judy Carne [ Juanita ], Wensley Pithey [ Senor Lazar ], Bill Nagy [ Fernandez ], Henry Lockhart [ Pietro ], J. Leslie Erith [ Viccenti ], Charles Hill [ Kovac ], Frank Thornton [ Pepe ]

Drake poses as an assassin who joins a group of South American revolutionaries to prevent them from killing their president.

First Broadcast: 18 Jun 61 pc: 035 Written By: Ralph Smart and John Roddick Directed By: Charles Frend

 

34. The Coyannis Story

Guest Stars: John Phillips [ Coyannis ], Charles Gray [ Zameda ], Heather Chasen [ Lorain Zameda ], Liam Gaffney [ Captain Achard ], Stuart Hutchison [ Marco ], Peter Welch [ Salcito ], Julie Hopkins [ Medana ], Robert Raglan [ Storch ], Leonard Sachs [ Finance Minister ], Bartlett Mullins [ Acardi ]

Drake investigates a Balkan minister who has been misappropriating government funds.

First Broadcast: 16 Dec 61 pc: 019 Written By: Jo Eisinger Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

35. Find and Destroy

Guest Stars: Peter Arne [ Major Hassler ], Nadja Regin [ Melina ], Peter Sallis [ Gordon ], Helen Morton [ Helen ], Ronald Leigh-Hunt [ Commander Ford ], Alec Mango [ Enrico ], Richard Clarke [ Fedor ], Brad Dancy [ Corto ], Rebecca Dignam [ Pia ]

Drake must destroy a top secret miniature submarine which sank off of a South American coast before enemy agents find it.

First Broadcast: 23 Dec 61 pc: 023 Written By: Ralph Smart and John Roddick Directed By: Charles Frend

 

36. Under the Lake

Guest Stars: Christopher Rhodes [ Von Klaus ], Hermione Baddeley [ Mrs Grahame ], Moira Redmond [ Mitzi ], Lionel Murton [ Colonel Keller ], Roger Delgado [ Von Golling ], Walter Gotell [ Recptionist ], Norman Florence [ Attendant ], Jack Cunningham [ Driver ], Andrew Downie [ Porter ], Reginald Jessup [ Cable Car Attendant ]

Drake discovers an ex-Nazi general and a mysterious lake while trying to find those responsible for flooding the market with counterfeit U.S. dollars.

First Broadcast: 30 Dec 61 pc: 005 Written By: Jack Whittingham Directed By: Seth Holt

 

37. The Nurse

Guest Stars: Eileen Moore [ Mary McPherson ], Jack MacGowran [ Prior ], Eric Pohlmann [ Innkeeper ], Robert Ayres [ Hamilton ], Heather Chasen [ Helen Hamilton ], Harold Kasket [ Moukta ], Harry Locakrt [ Idris ], David Oxley [ Ahmed ], Andrew Faulds [ General Khan ], Maxwell Shaw [ Major Ghan ], Harold Siddons [ Pilot ]

While on a rescue expedition in the Arabian desert , Drake ends up protecting an infant King and his nurse.

First Broadcast: 6 Jan 61 pc: 015 Written By: Ralph Smart and Brian Clemens Directed By: Peter Graham Scott

 

38. Dead Man Walks

Guest Stars: Marla Landi [ Sita Shapadi ], Julia Arnall [ Natalie Smith ], Richard Pearson [ Keith Smith ], Michael Ripper [ Rangit Pal ], Bryan Coleman [ Professor Hanbury ], Joanna Dunham [ Nawi ], Willaim Peacock [ Azad ], Zia Moyheddin [ Wasing ]

Drake is assigned to investigate the deaths of an entire research team that was working on tropical diseases.

First Broadcast: 13 Jan 61 pc: 026 Written By: Ralph Smart and Brian Clemens Directed By: Charles Frend

 

39. Deadline

Guest Stars: William Marshall [ Khano ], Edric Connor [ Thompson ], Barbara Chilcott [ Mai ], Christopher Carlos [ Ajali ], Earl Cameron [ Professor Moma ], Lionel Ngakane [ Sir Moses Amadu ], Andre Dakar [ Sir Aaron Nelson ], John Harrison [ Daniels ], Lloyd Reckord [Bartender ], Harcourt Curacao [ Officer ], Pearl Prescod [ Native Woman ]

 

 

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