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Ralph Smart's Danger Man was a great success
from its début in 1960. A thriller series of much popularity, it starred
Patrick McGoohan as John Drake, a NATO agent who handled the 'messy jobs'
around the world in this ITC series. The programme aired in the US, and
was revived in 1964 in a new hour-long format with Drake now an operative
for M9 and reporting to superiors such as Hobbs (Peter Madden). The new
series, shown in the US as Secret Agent, was thick with gadgets
and ran for just over a year before McGoohan decided to move on to a new
production in 1966. The new production turned out to be The Prisoner,
a series which earned its star and creator everlasting fame. Danger
Man itself was highly successful, and boasted a superb theme tune by
Edwin Astley.
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