A Look Back At Six Of The Best TV Spy Series

 

 

The British Newspaper the Guardian offers their list of the six best TV spy series.

Included in the list is one of my favorite shows, Danger Man, which was called Secret Agent in the U.S.

The program starred Patrick McGoohan and I was, and am, a big fan of the program. I recently purchashed the DVD with the complete collection of the TV episodes.

You can read about the six shows and watch videos of their opening titles (with what the newspaper call their "top-notch tunes") via the below link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/14/six-to-watch-spy-shows?newsfeed=true

My On Espionage Column: The Secret History of History at The International Spy Museum in Washington D.C.

You can read my column on the International Spy Museum here

Danger Man: A Classic Spy TV Program from the 1960s

A web site dedicated to all things James Bond, http://www.mi6.co.uk/, is offering an interesting piece on one of Bond's competitors, Danger Man.
 

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/beyond_bond/danger_man.php3?t=&s=&id=02329
 

Danger Man, which aired on TV in the 1960s, starred Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.

Drake was a cool, tough agent like Bond, but he didn't carry a gun, shoot anyone or seduce women.
 

I was and am a big fan of the early James Bond films in the 1960s and the Ian Fleming thrillers, but I also liked Danger Man, or Secret Agent, which was what the program was called in the United States.
 

I like McGoohan's next TV program, The Prisoner, even better. It was a clever, interesting program way ahead of its time.
 

Sadly, we recently lost Patrick McGoohnan. He was a talented man.