Danger Man-Colony Three, Part 1 of 5

Danger Man (titled Secret Agent, Destination Danger and John Drake in non-UK markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. The series aired for 4 seasons. This episode, Colony Three, aired in season 2, episode three, and is the basis for the subsequent McGoohan series, The Prisoner.

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• Patrick McGoohan
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• Secret Agent John Drake
• Colony Three
• The Prisoner

[gent11763]

Actually it was George Markstein who was the behind the idea of the Prisoner and he had input into this episode. Also, no refernece was ever made to number 6 as John Drake. This was done on purpose to avoid royalty payments to the creators of Danger Man.

[caesarcerf]

I love this show - best ever tv program. However, I'm glad youtube.com will soon monetize videos like this. The creators ARE ENTITLED to be paid.

[wrght9185]

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading these!

[thelegalbaton]

Number 6 and John Drake were both played by Pat, but they were not the same man. Markstein may have hoped/intended that 'The Prisoner' be an extension of 'Danger Man', but it was McGoohan's baby. John Drake lived in the 'real' world, Number 6 'lived' in an allegory. Pat once said "John Drake would have escaped from the Village" ;-)

[spacepatrolman]

@dearmalika he turned down the role of james bond because he felt it was too immoral as secret agent man he never used a gun only psycological warfare

[dearmalika]

Patrick McGoohan represent for me the perfect english gentleman and hero!

What a fantastic actor!

[rematpac]

This is the episode where McGoohan got the idea for The Prisoner.He also played his role as John Drake co-starring in the original movie Ice Station Zebra(1968)though the name he used as a secret agent working for MI6 was David Jones,this was understood as a fake John Doe name ,not being able to use his real name since he was on a secret mission.Fans understood,just as in The Prisoner he was known as Number Six,with only 1 episode in the series was his real name John Drake referenced only once.