This episode guide covers the 47 one-hour episodes of "Secret Agent." It's currently under construction; more detailed synopses and cast lists will be added bit by bit by bit.

This episode guide is reasonably spoiler-free, but there are no guarantees.

 

= Highly recommended

* = Actor appeared in multiple episodes

+ = Actor also appeared in "The Prisoner"

"Fish on the Hook"
Written by: John Roddick & Michael Pertwee
Directed by: Robert Day
Starring: Zena Marshall (Nadia Kassen), Dawn Addams* (Gerdi Algrim), Peter Bowles+ (Gamal Hamid), Martin Miller+ (Dr. zoren), Michael Godfrey (Abdul Kassen), Vladek Skeybal (Tewfick), Terence Longdon (Rowland), Robert Henderson (Albert Ryder), Harvey Hall (Max Ryder), Raymond Adamson (Gorton)
Plot: Drake must retrieve the head of a spy network in Egypt before it collapses, but he doesn't know exactly whom he is looking for.
 
"Don't Nail Him Yet"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring: John Fraser (Denis Rawson), Raymond Adamson* (Gorton), Sheila Allen+ (Dian), Edwin Apps* (Jeffrey Mumford), Edward Chapman (Sir Ralph)
Plot: Drake poses as a lonely, music-loving schoolteacher to endear himself to a Navy staffer suspected of passing secrets.
 
"Fair Exchange"
Written by: Wilfred Greatorex and Marc Brandel
Directed by: Charles Crichton
Starring: Lelia Goldoni* (Lisa Lansig), Andre Van Gyseghem+ (Col. Otto Berg), James Maxwell (Pieter), Raymond Adamson (Gorton), Bernard Davies (Karl), George Mikell (Capt. Wilhelm Berg), Kenneth Adams (Sustri), Barry Lineham (Foster), Noel Howlett (Dr. McKenna), Edwin Apps (Jeffrey Mumford)
Plot: Drake goes inside the Berlin Wall to stop a former colleague from assassinating the East German minister who once captured and tortured her.
 
"The Professionals"
Written by: Wilfred Greatorex & Louis Marx
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring: Alex Scott* (Milos Kaldor), Ira Frenken (Nadja Ragin), Jerry Stovin (Desmond Pearson), Helen Cherry (Joan Pearson), John Welsh (John Rhodes), Noel Johnson (Ambassador), Steve Plytas (Interrogator), John G. Heller (Czech policeman)
Plot: When an agent masquerading as a trade representative in Prague goes missing, Drake poses as an embassy employee to find out where he went, and why.
 
"The Colonel's Daughter"
Written by: David Weir
Directed by: Philip Leacock
Starring: Virginia Maskell+ (Joanna Blakeley), Michael Trubshawe (Colonel Blakeley), Zia Mohyeddin* (Khan), Warren Mitchell (Chopra), John Bennett (Minister), George Pastell (Patel), Michael Nightingale (Picton-Jones), Jaron Yaltan (Subra)
Plot: While searching for a man in Delhi, Drake agrees to swap cases with the local police, but his investigation of a former colonial officer connected with a mysterious death turns out to be more dangerous than he suspected.
 
"It's Up to the Lady"
Written by: Philip Broadley (story by John Roddick)
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring: Sylvia Sims (Paula Glover), Maxwell Shaw* (Nicos), Robert Urquhart (Charles Glover), Peter Madden* (Hobbs), Harry Tardios (Mimiko), Vera Cook (Paula's mother)
Plot: A Communist sympathizer flees England, and Drake follows his wife to Greece to find him and convince him not to defect.
 
"That's Two of Us Sorry"
Written by: Jan Read
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Starring: Francesca Annis* (Sheila Sutherland), Duncan Lamont (Angus McKinnon), Nigel Green (Magnus Sutherland), Brian Phelan (Donald McKinnon), Graham Crowden (Braithwaite), Finlay Currie (MacLeod), Duncan McIntyre (Ewen Mackay), Julie Wallace (Mistress McKinnon), Ian Flintoff (Russian sailor), Rory McDermott (Cameron), Stephen Jack (Dr. Hutchins), John Southworth (Todd), Barbara Lott (Mrs. Braithwaite)
Plot: When important papers go missing from a research lab in Scotland, fingerprint evidence points to a man believed dead for twenty years. Drake goes to a remote fishing village to track him down, and finds the good citizens have more than one secret to hide.
 
"The Galloping Major"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Peter Maxwell
Starring:William Marshall (Prime Minister), Errol John (Col. Nyboto), Earl Cameron* (Kassawari), Arnold Diamond (LaSalle), Jill Melford (Suzanne LaSalle), Geoffrey Lumsden (Gen. Powers), Nora Nicholson (Mrs. Manningham)
Plot: Drake poses as an Army Major to oversee an election in a former British colony in Africa. He soon discovers a coup is in the works - but who is overthrowing whom?
 
"Yesterday's Enemies"
Written by: Donald Jonson
Directed by: Charles Crichton
Starring: Maureen Connell (Jo Dutton), Howard Marion Crawford* (Archer), Anton Rogers+ (Attala), Patricia Driscoll (Mrs. Archer), Aubrey Morris* (Harris), Ivor Salter (Bertrand), Peter Copeley (Brett), April Wilding (Mary Wilson), Lynn Taylor (Stewardess), Peter Madden* (Hobbs)
Plot: Drake's search for a spy ring in Beirut leads him to an expatriate British journalist who happens to be a discredited former spy himself.
 
"Colony Three"
Written by: Donald Jonson
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Glyn Owen (Randall), Catherine Woodville (Janet Wells), Peter Arne (John Richardson), Niall MacGinniss* (Donovan), Peter Madden (Hobbs), George Mikell (Michael Pierce), Edward Underdown (Sir Anthony Denby), Cicely Paget-Bowman (Lady Denby), Peter Jesson (Robert Fuller)
Plot: Drake infiltrates a unique training facility for Soviet spies - a faithful replica of an English village behind the Iron Curtain, complete with British defectors as citizens.
 
"A Man to be Trusted"
Written by: Raymond Bowers
Directed by: Peter Maxwell
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Battle of the Cameras"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Dawn Addams* (Martine), Niall MacGinnis* (Kent), Frederick Bartman (Genicot)
Plot: Drake establishes cover as a high-living gambler on the French Riviera to lay a trap for a trader in international secrets.
 
"No Marks for Servility"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Howard Marion Crawford* (Gregori Benares), Suzan Farmer (Helen Benares), Mervyn Johns (Armstrong), Francesca Annis* (Judy), John Cazabon (Strotti), John G. Heller* (Joseph), Peter Madden* (Hobbs), Elizabeth Ashley (Lady Fielding), Frederick Piper (Sir Charles Fielding)
Plot: Drake poses as a butler to get the goods on an international con artist. His uncharacteristic veneer of subservience quickly wears thin, however, especially when his suspect displays a propensity for bullying pretty young women.
 
"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Adrienne Corri (Elaine), Eric Barker (Lovegrove), Francis de Wolff (Paul Alexander), Patsy Rowlands (Mrs. Fairbrother), Peter Butterworth ("Umbrella"), Mike Pratt* ("Briefcase"), Edward Underdown (Morgan), Desmond Llewellyn (Doorman), John Cazabon* (Man in Black), Patrick Connor (Receptionist), Peter Gill (Fletcher), Terrance Hooper (Croupier)
Plot: After a car wreck, Drake finds himself caught in a bizarre web of circumstances, including an extortion plot, a spy ring run out of a casino, and the unwelcome attentions of a persistent superior named Lovegrove.
 
"A Date with Doris"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Starring: Jane Merrow*+ (Juana Romero), Ronald Radd*+ (Joaquin Patatore), Eric Pohlmann (Eduardo), James Maxwell (Peter Miller), Marne Maitland (Plainclothes Man), Richard Bebb (Major Casado), David Lander (Chemist), David Cargill (Van Driver), Carlos Douglas (Reception Clerk), Micky Ventura (Bellboy)
Plot:
 
"Such Men Are Dangerous"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Georgina Ward* (Diana), Lee Montague (Major LaTour), Jack Gwillim (The General), Peter Madden* (Hobbs), John Cairney (Jack Taylor), Jack MacGowan (Shorty Pratt), Robert O'Neil (Red Johnson), David Cargill (Harold Hutchinson), Zia Mohyeddin* (Mr. Sen), Tom Gill (Ed Bowden), Dorinda Stevens (Miss Jackson), Thomas Baptiste (Odzala), Ivor Salter (Williams), Robert Maxwell (Tweedy Gentleman), Alan Wheatley (Solicitor), Erik Chitty (Butler)
Plot: Drake poses as a paroled criminal to gain admittance to a secret murder society led by a shadowy consortium of moralistic power-brokers.
 
"Whatever Happened to George Foster?"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Adrienne Corri* (Pauline), Bernard Lee (Lord Ammanford), Jill Medford* (Certhia), Joyce Carey (Lady Ammanford)
Plot: Drake discovers that an influential peer, Lord Ammanford, is meddling in the affairs of an emerging democracy in Latin America. When Ammanford uses his influence to have Drake removed from the case, he embarks on a personal crusade to force the Lord to do the right thing.
 
"A Room in the Basement"
Written by: Quentin Lawrence
Directed by: James Foster
Starring:
Plot: Drake assembles a team of international pros for an unofficial mission to rescue a fellow agent being held at the Soviet embassy in Geneva.
 
"An Affair at Castelevara"
Written by: James Foster
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Have a Glass of Wine"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Peter Maxwell
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Mirror's New"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring: Donald Houston* (Bierce), David Hutcheson (Sir Jeremy), Wanda Ventham (Penny), Nicola Pagett (Nicola), Bill Nagy (George Murgia), Mary Yeomans (Virginia Bierce), Ernst Walder (Esser), Alison Seebohom (Frances), Yvonne Marquand (Diana)
Plot: Drake is called in to find an embassy employee in Paris who has mysteriously disappeared. His quarry turns up unaided, but Drake discovers the mild-mannered diplomat is leading a seamy double life that includes women, spying, and murder.
 
"Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet"
Written by: Malcolm Hulke
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot:
 
"You're Not In Any Trouble, Are You?"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Outcast"
Written by: Donald Jonson
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot: A lovesick sailor named Leo murders his WAVE girlfriend, then flees to Spain. Drake must win his trust, then convince Leo to confess his crime to his new "friend."
 
"The Mercenaries"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Sting in the Tail"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring: Derren Nesbitt+ (Rachid Noureddine), Jeanne Roland (Marie Valedon), Ronald Radd*+ (Alexandros), Neville Becker (Messadi), Andrew Lawrence (Sir Alan), John Standing (James), David Collings (Stephen Miller), Mary Webster (Daphne Miller), Julian Somers (Roget)
Plot: Drake goes after a jealous assassin in Beirut by playing starving artist to get close to his beautiful girlfriend.
 
"A Very Dangerous Game"
Written by: Ralph Smart & David Stone
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Black Book"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot: Drake is sent to Paris to investigate what appears to be a routine blackmail case as a personal favor to a superior. But he quickly discovers the blackmailers are interested in more than one amorous diplomat.
 
"Judgement Day"
Written by: Donald Jonson & Michael J. Bird
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot: Charged with escorting a reclusive scientist safely to England, Drake instead finds himself arguing for the man's life during an impromptu desert trial by Israeli vigilantes who accuse the scientist of Nazi war crimes.
 
"English Lady Takes Lodgers"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Loyalty Always Pays"
Written by: David Stone
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring:
Plot: To find proof of a secret alliance between an African nation and the Chinese, Drake must gain the "cooperation" of a straightlaced British aide - and that requires him to trap the man with an elaborate scam.
 
"Are You Going to Be More Permanent?"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot: Drake takes the place of a disappeared agent in Switzerland to discover who among his network of contacts has turned traitor.
 
"To Our Best Friend"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: Patrick McGoohan
Starring:
Plot: Drake tries and fails to refuse a mission in Baghdad, the objective of which is to prove that an old friend is the source of a security leak there.
 
"The Man on the Beach"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring:
Plot: Drake plays beach bum to investigate a security leak and the disappearance of the station chief on a Caribbean island.
 
"The Man Who Wouldn't Talk"
Written by: Donald Jonson & Ralph Smart
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Say It with Flowers"
Written by: Jacques Gille
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Someone Is Liable to Get Hurt"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot:
 
"Dangerous Secret"
Written by: Ralph Smart & Donald Jonson
Directed by: Stuart Burge
Starring:
Plot:
 
"I Can Only Offer You Sherry"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: George Pollock
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Hunting Party"
Written by: Philip Broadley
Directed by: Pat Jackson
Starring:
Plot: When all clues to the source of a government leak point to a high-society couple, Drake goes undercover as their new butler to discover how they extract information from their influential houseguests.
 
"Two Birds with One Bullet"
Written by: Jesse Lasky Jr. & Pat Silver
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring:
Plot:
 
"I'm Afraid You Have the Wrong Number"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: George Pollock
Starring:
Plot:
 
"The Man with the Foot"
Written by: Raymond Bowers
Directed by: Jeremy Summers
Starring:
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"The Paper Chase"
Written by: Ralph Smart
Directed by: Patrick McGoohan
Starring:
Plot: Drake has one weekend to retrieve important papers stolen from a diplomat in Rome. As he draws ever closer to his goal he reveals skill in card-sharking, mimicry, improvisation and, yes, go-kart driving.
 
"Not So Jolly Roger"
Written by: Tony Williamson
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring:
Plot: Drake poses as a disk jockey at an offshore pirate radio station that is suspected of broadcasting more than just the latest pop hits.
 
"Koroshi" (color)
Written by: Norman Hudis
Directed by: Michael Truman
Starring:
Plot: Drake is sent to Japan to investigate the death of a local agent and finds himself the target of a newly revived ancient murder society.
 
"Shinda Shima" (color)
Written by: Norman Hudis
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring:
Plot: A continuation of "Koroshi" (above). Drake discovers that a remote island, whose fishermen inhabitants have been scared off by a series of mysterious deaths, is the secret headquarters of an ancient murder brotherhood.
 
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