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John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace. The series featured exotic locales from all over the world, as his assignments frequently took him to Africa, Latin America, and the Far East.
I think the &quot;Danger Man&quot; series I remember, with its distinctive racy theme tune, was the later hour-long remake series from 1964 onwards, which would fit in with my own youthful time-line I suppose. Hunting down the show on the web I came across the first episode from 1960 entitled &quot;The View From The Villa&quot;, which I was interested to see was co-written by the great Brian Clemens of future &quot;The Avengers&quot; fame.<br/><br/>This episode contained a neat little mystery taking in a murder, the city of Rome, and an enigmatic femme fatale which Patrick McGoohan&#39;s John Drake solves with his eye for a painting, all in a brisk 25 minute time-frame. The show, unlike its successor, is pre-Bond so there are no gadgets and there&#39;s also an icy detachment from the glamorous and flirtatious ladies he encounters which 007 would never countenance.<br/><br/>No, Drake is there simply to get the job done, which he does with steely aplomb, dispensing what might have been an early catchphrase &quot;Obliged&quot; as he does so. He&#39;s handy with his dukes too, but again not in a flashy or contrived way.<br/><br/>McGoohan strolls through the part with laconic ease and as well as elements of the early Bond, you can also see the genesis of Roger Moore&#39;s Simon Templar character here, the latter of course with added humour, suavity and raised eyebrow. <br/><br/>I&#39;ll certainly make an effort to try to watch more of this entertaining series, confident it will retain the standard of this opening programme.
British spies became all the rage in the 1960s, thanks largely to James Bond. However, the British television series &quot;Danger Man&quot; actually predated the James Bond movie series. Curiously, Danger Man&#39;s protagonist, NATO Agent John Drake, is probably unique in that the character started out as an American and then somehow &quot;morphed&quot; into an Englishman. In the first year Drake, played by Patrick McGoohan, was based out of Washington DC (the Capital Dome is clearly visible behind him in the opening credits) and he spoke with what passes in Britain as an American accent. In the succeeding years, however, Drake, still played by McGoohan, was based out of London and spoke with a distinct English accent.<br/><br/>What makes Danger man stand out, however, is the high level of intelligence that went into the series. Unlike other 1960s spies Drake did not rely on violence to solve the problems he was given and he almost never resorts to killing anyone. Instead he relied on trickery, maneuver and mind-games, rather than firearms or explosives. In fact, I understand that McGoohan actually turned down the role of James Bond because he objected to the excessive degree of gratuitous sex and violence in the series. In an era when gratuitous sex and violence is far more prevalent than it ever was in the early 1960s, Danger Man makes a refreshing change of pace.

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