Episode
Danger Man: An Affair of State
Overview
Drake flies to a small Caribbean State to investigate the apparent suicide of an American economics expert, he uncovers a plot to obtain large sums of money, and in return he nearly loses his life.
Details
- Series
- Danger Man
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1960-11-13
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
An Affair of State is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Danger Man. It aired on 1960-11-13. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 9: The Sanctuary
John Drake has to impersonate a prisoner who has just been released after serving a sentence for bombings. His assignment is to infiltrate a group of IRA commandos.
Episode 11: The Key
When someone is leaking information from the American Embassy in Vienna, Drake is called in to investigate when the finger of guilt points to the Ambassador.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: The Lonely Chair
When the daughter of a wealthy industrialist is kidnapped, Drake impersonates her crippled father in an attempt to save her without having to hand over crucial designs.
Episode 12: The Sisters
When a young, beautiful refugee pleads for political asylum, Drake is called in to investigate by his superior, Hardy. When the girl's sister arrives, Drake has a double problem to solve.
Episode 7: Position of Trust
When Drake is shown a photograph of a young girl who is the victim of drugs, he sets out for the Middle East to break up the ring supplying opium. He is aided by an American agent, Sandi Lewis.
Together they trace the source of the drugs, with the help of a courageous little man.
Episode 13: The Prisoner
Drake's assignment is to find a double for James Carpenter, an American who is confined to the US Embassy in a Caribbean city. Finding the double is only half of the problem. Substituting him under the eyes of the police is the other.
Episode 6: The Girl in Pink Pyjamas
When a dazed girl is found wandering along a country lane, dressed only in her pajamas, Drake discovers a plot to assassinate a Balkan President.
Episode 14: The Traitor
Drake travels to Kashmir in Northern India to seek out Noel Goddard, a former executive in the Indian Government, now a traitor. On identifying Drake, Goddard is given the message: 'John Drake. NATO agent. Eliminate.'
Episode 5: The Lovers
At the request of an old enemy, Drake takes charge of security as the President of Boravia and his wife visit London.
Episode 15: Colonel Rodriguez
John Drake flies to the Caribbean to aid an American journalist who had been arrested on a spy charge, but before he can effect a rescue is accused of the murder of a young nightclub singer.
Episode 4: The Blue Veil
John Drake flies to the Arabian desert to investigate stories of slavery and finds himself befriending a Muslim lad and helping a stranded showgirl who believes Drake to be a slave broker.
Episode 16: The Island
John Drake is flying back to the mainland with two prisoners, when his plane crashes in the sea, near a tiny island. On reaching the island Drake finds himself a wanted man as the island's hermit owner believes Drake is an escaped prisoner.