@morphlet999 I heard Connery was picked because of his performance in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I guess he was suggested by McGoohan and the producers watched the movie?
@JohnnyDFox nah, we can get that on DVD, right? A new version would ensure the show survives well into this century without being remembered as an heirloom of the 60s...
'sides.. theres no real money in re-runs. no work for actors, writers, musicians, directors, etc.
It's an old song I sing here but I doubt a modern version of Danger Man could be as good as the original. I wouldn't be against a new good modern TV series, though, but I just don't see Danger Man happening again.
The great thing about re-runs is that you don't have to pay writers actors and directors then, they've all been paid already years ago. An entire television series that requires no money to produce that the people from this generation haven't seen before, why keep it hidden?
@hcvang Actually, reruns give money to the guy who wrote the theme song (which is rather appropriate for this video, don't you think?). Seriously, Robert Altman had his teenaged son help write the MASH song because the kid wanted to buy a guitar, and thanks to the TV show the he's made more money off of MASH than his father. Also set for life: the guy who wrote the Cheers song.
@thevampirefrog06 So the guy who did the theme song gets paid every time it airs. That's not what I'm talking about.
The network airing it doesn't get more than what they can sell advertising space for, and that's not a lot on an ancient show with small viewership. Nor does the owners of the show get an awful lot for the licensing of it to the network.
A new show gets the money machine rolling again... shows, music, licensing, books, toys, etc. Theme song? pffff!
@us71 It is the theme from the second season. The first season had an verbal introduction, as did the Avengers when it came to America BTW. Sort of setting the stage.
"Secret Angent Man" was the theme used when the show came to America.
The show was stilled called Danger Man for the hour long shows in England. The American copies of the DVDs have the English openings and closings with the episodes and Johnny Rivers "Secret Agent" theme opening as an extra.
Danger Man was a half hour show that became Secret Agent when it expanded to an hour. Secret Agent Man was only the name of the theme, that was added when it started being shown in the U.S.
if i was th producer for doctor who back when tom baker left the role i would have cast patrick mcgoohan as the fith doctor instead of peter davidson.
@bobjea listen if i was producer for doctor who back then i would have solicited for finacial backing from private sources to get mcgoohan on doctor who.
Such economy in production, such thrift in all means of expression. They could truly CREATE those days -- meaning to make something much more out of very little. We have CGI now and we can technically put everything we imagine onscreen but our creativity had plunged. Those television days are gone forever.
0:40 this clip is from an episode I saw which was very much like The prisoner in that they are taken to a place like the villiage. It's the only episode I have seen but cant remember which one it is sorry.
Yes of course thanks, it was my first and only Dangerman episode will get the entire series on DVD at some point saw some more clips online and it looks cool
What a treat... I first heard this music under the "episode" (as opposed to "series") credits for its successor series, "Secret Agent," and knew that it had to be a theme for some British version of that show... I was close... I love Johnny Rivers singing "Secret Agent Man," but this is 'way cooler.
@jivesublime DAMN! That was Mannix! I never saw that before. You've gotta good eye, and thanks. BTW, P McG was the shit! He was awesome! Supposed to be James Bond but Sean got picked as second choice. Who knows how that woulda turned out. Anyhoo, Sir Sean did turn out as the BEST Bond ever, but P McG is immortal!
@PeterZeeke - that went over everyone's head didn't it!!? I downloaded this to my ipod as my old Mark and Lard graveyard shift C90s were getting more than abit worn. Very happy memories of one of the greatest radio shows to grace the airwaves......
This is pretty good *cover* of Edwin Astley's CLASSIC **Secret Agent** theme! As an aside, McGoohan was offtered the role of James Bond, but declined, suggesting instead his acquaintance, Sean Connery...The rest is, of course, history!
@ProjectFlashlight612 He was a lot like Orson Welles. His best work was Secret Agent Man and The Prisoner, done when he was relatively young. The last 30-40 years of his life? I guess Jimmy Page could fall into that category too!
yes your right.hed been for a rehearsal for appearing in doctor who.although no one knows exactly what happend,a homeless student,who peter arne had befriended was later found drowned in a river believed to be suicide.he had blood on his clothes.
His name was John Drake...
groatyjoe 1 week ago
Patrick McGoohan - the most English of Americans.
evo5dave 2 months ago
Mcgoohan would have made a great James Bond.
movement26 2 months ago
@movement26 He was one of the original choices but he objected to the sex scenes and put forward fellow Hell Drivers actor Sean Connery.
morphlet999 2 months ago
@morphlet999 I heard Connery was picked because of his performance in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I guess he was suggested by McGoohan and the producers watched the movie?
GrimmShadowsII 2 months ago
@GrimmShadowsII Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made six years after Dr No and Connery wasn't in it.
evo5dave 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Drummers!! Is that the snare coming on the 4th beat of the bar followed by the next bar on the 3rd beat?
mistersmith6000 2 months ago
Brilliant
HONCH123 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
what a man, I so had the hots for him when i was a kid, he was unique!!!x
roseelee1 3 months ago
Assassins eyes
morphlet999 3 months ago
mcgoohan no a fecking ad
neonpike 3 months ago
McGoohan was a genuinely mercurial and menacing character in equal measures. What a bloody star!!!
collinandfitch 4 months ago
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Strange that the guy killed in the clip(Peter Arne) was murdered in real life.
tarquin45 4 months ago
Strange that the guy killed in the clip(Peter Arne) as murdered in real life.
tarquin45 4 months ago
@tarquin45 Thanks for the info` .. just looked him up, I didn`t this. x
eddiesteele 4 months ago
@tarquin45 They fished the guy who killed him out of the Thames.
GER08ify 3 months ago
...Forever...Forever in our hearts...
nycolas1712 4 months ago
This is the theme to the hour long version. The theme to the original half hour version was quite different, and IMHO, better.
fidomusic 6 months ago
2009 prisoner failed because there was no Mcgoohan!
jaykthepikachu 8 months ago 10
@jaykthepikachu ...and because it was shit... ;-)
rjdurrant 2 months ago
Patrick McGohan was the best...
Marzio1 8 months ago
such a cool damn title, isnt it?... DANGER MAN...
needs to be brought back in a 21st century version, like Dr. Who.
hcvang 9 months ago
@hcvang
Not brought back with a new version made of it, just have the original series re-run.
JohnnyDFox 8 months ago
@JohnnyDFox nah, we can get that on DVD, right? A new version would ensure the show survives well into this century without being remembered as an heirloom of the 60s...
'sides.. theres no real money in re-runs. no work for actors, writers, musicians, directors, etc.
hcvang 8 months ago
@hcvang
It's an old song I sing here but I doubt a modern version of Danger Man could be as good as the original. I wouldn't be against a new good modern TV series, though, but I just don't see Danger Man happening again.
The great thing about re-runs is that you don't have to pay writers actors and directors then, they've all been paid already years ago. An entire television series that requires no money to produce that the people from this generation haven't seen before, why keep it hidden?
JohnnyDFox 8 months ago
@hcvang Actually, reruns give money to the guy who wrote the theme song (which is rather appropriate for this video, don't you think?). Seriously, Robert Altman had his teenaged son help write the MASH song because the kid wanted to buy a guitar, and thanks to the TV show the he's made more money off of MASH than his father. Also set for life: the guy who wrote the Cheers song.
thevampirefrog06 7 months ago
@thevampirefrog06 So the guy who did the theme song gets paid every time it airs. That's not what I'm talking about.
The network airing it doesn't get more than what they can sell advertising space for, and that's not a lot on an ancient show with small viewership. Nor does the owners of the show get an awful lot for the licensing of it to the network.
A new show gets the money machine rolling again... shows, music, licensing, books, toys, etc. Theme song? pffff!
hcvang 7 months ago
When I saw Inception I thought Tom Hardy could play John Drake or Number 6. He has great mannerisms like Patrick MacGoohan had.
dkopseng 10 months ago
Mr McGoohan you are missed sir.RIP.
DeckyStrikesBack 11 months ago
Somebody mentioned Johnny Depp? I don't think so.
eejito 1 year ago
This isn't the original theme.
us71 1 year ago
@us71 It is the theme from the second season. The first season had an verbal introduction, as did the Avengers when it came to America BTW. Sort of setting the stage.
"Secret Angent Man" was the theme used when the show came to America.
Laceykat66 8 months ago
johnny depp is the man who could play John Drake updated!
blindmang 1 year ago
John Drake was the man!
2001perseus 1 year ago 6
Mc gohan, what an actor !
cyrilconnection 1 year ago
this was a great series watched it all the time. like the st. saint simon templer avengers
thenovascotia20 1 year ago
The show was stilled called Danger Man for the hour long shows in England. The American copies of the DVDs have the English openings and closings with the episodes and Johnny Rivers "Secret Agent" theme opening as an extra.
PREGO1966 1 year ago
Danger Man was a half hour show that became Secret Agent when it expanded to an hour. Secret Agent Man was only the name of the theme, that was added when it started being shown in the U.S.
majorneptunejr 1 year ago
I always thought this was the INTROo theme to Secret Agent Man!?
JasonBNYC 1 year ago
@JasonBNYC secret agent man is the name of this show in america
shenron14 1 year ago
The one & only secret agent. should be re-screened and also brought up to date, but who could play John Drake in 2010
Burdetski 1 year ago
@Burdetski nobody could, Patrick McGoohan IS John Drake, you can't try and recreate what he did in the 60's he's just such a good actor :)
CI5AgentSweeps 1 year ago
ive never forgot this music.
lympia3 1 year ago
if i was th producer for doctor who back when tom baker left the role i would have cast patrick mcgoohan as the fith doctor instead of peter davidson.
doctorw2 1 year ago
@doctorw2
The BBC could not afford him McGoohan was the highest paid actor in television at the time
bobjea 1 year ago
@bobjea listen if i was producer for doctor who back then i would have solicited for finacial backing from private sources to get mcgoohan on doctor who.
doctorw2 1 year ago 2
Such economy in production, such thrift in all means of expression. They could truly CREATE those days -- meaning to make something much more out of very little. We have CGI now and we can technically put everything we imagine onscreen but our creativity had plunged. Those television days are gone forever.
sternumagnum 1 year ago
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sternumagnum 1 year ago
this show is simply pure gold they dont make stars like these r, i ,p
19624291a 1 year ago 2
0:40 this clip is from an episode I saw which was very much like The prisoner in that they are taken to a place like the villiage. It's the only episode I have seen but cant remember which one it is sorry.
KingFunksAlot 1 year ago
@KingFunksAlot
Colony three
bobjea 1 year ago
@bobjea
Yes of course thanks, it was my first and only Dangerman episode will get the entire series on DVD at some point saw some more clips online and it looks cool
KingFunksAlot 1 year ago
For the original version go to
watch?v=2Wwm2_JJLYY&feature=related
sternumagnum 1 year ago
@borisgoodenough1988 "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove"
samirkandil 1 year ago
rest in peace Patrick McGoohan
from the Philippines
hilarioph 1 year ago
I wish they had the theme from the first season.
It sounds like Ron Grainer. or Laurie Johnson.
vawlkee51 1 year ago
interesting fact. the man he fights with on the train is the actor peter arne who was murdered in real life in the early 1980s.
bradshawvincent 1 year ago
Fanstatic Guy great Show McGoohan a Genius ,but a lot of credit must go to Lew Grade!!
arsenal4274 1 year ago
What a treat... I first heard this music under the "episode" (as opposed to "series") credits for its successor series, "Secret Agent," and knew that it had to be a theme for some British version of that show... I was close... I love Johnny Rivers singing "Secret Agent Man," but this is 'way cooler.
tuxguys 1 year ago
Hey, That villian in that English show played " Mannix" a 70s detective show, Mike Connors.
jivesublime 1 year ago
@jivesublime
Nope; just a lookalike.
OrodesIII 1 year ago
@jivesublime DAMN! That was Mannix! I never saw that before. You've gotta good eye, and thanks. BTW, P McG was the shit! He was awesome! Supposed to be James Bond but Sean got picked as second choice. Who knows how that woulda turned out. Anyhoo, Sir Sean did turn out as the BEST Bond ever, but P McG is immortal!
MagnetoMasterOfEvil 1 year ago
fancy a brew!?
PeterZeeke 1 year ago
@PeterZeeke - that went over everyone's head didn't it!!? I downloaded this to my ipod as my old Mark and Lard graveyard shift C90s were getting more than abit worn. Very happy memories of one of the greatest radio shows to grace the airwaves......
Rich27014 1 year ago
@Rich27014
lol, didnt it just. It really was the greatest
PeterZeeke 1 year ago
Blinding!!! Thanks for posting. Thank the lord for You Tube where we can re-live our childhoods occassionally....
xxxChrist 1 year ago
@xxxChrist
19624291a 1 year ago
Sounds more like the Munsters !
kenfig 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!!
SaxPortal 2 years ago
Awesomesauce! This theme rocks.
Would like to see a new series of Danger Man, preferably with a classy English guy (NOT Jim Caviezel please).
DapperDan1977 2 years ago 2
This is pretty good *cover* of Edwin Astley's CLASSIC **Secret Agent** theme! As an aside, McGoohan was offtered the role of James Bond, but declined, suggesting instead his acquaintance, Sean Connery...The rest is, of course, history!
BourneArgonaut 2 years ago 2
Well done.
PaulJD2006 2 years ago
Thats a cool version of the theme, thanks for sharing!
verbusen 2 years ago
McGoohan and this fantastic theme were only two the things that made this austere little series so good to watch.
WeeWyllie 2 years ago
McGoohan was a frakking genius. RIP.
ProjectFlashlight612 2 years ago 34
@ProjectFlashlight612 He was an Irishman, laddie. Of course he was a genius.
ReinhardtvonMeinhard 1 year ago
@ProjectFlashlight612 He was a lot like Orson Welles. His best work was Secret Agent Man and The Prisoner, done when he was relatively young. The last 30-40 years of his life? I guess Jimmy Page could fall into that category too!
spiderhulk63 3 months ago
I believe the guy in this clip on the train was murdered in real life. Peter Arne was his name.
tarquin45 2 years ago
yes your right.hed been for a rehearsal for appearing in doctor who.although no one knows exactly what happend,a homeless student,who peter arne had befriended was later found drowned in a river believed to be suicide.he had blood on his clothes.
bradshawvincent 2 years ago
This isn't the version in the series, but it's pretty cool! Where's it from?
Tibicina4JMJ 2 years ago
God left his earthly vessel this January.
Gaudamn 2 years ago 2
You dont mess with McGoohan!
snowgirl1052 3 years ago 28