The Protectors (Series One)

Freddie Reiwald is the last of a five man research team working on the molecular structure of metals to create synthetic gold. The other four members of the team have died in mysterious circumstances and Reiwald could be next. Harry joins Reiwald and his friend Ransome on a dangerous film stunt – a daredevil parachute fall – while on the ground, Paul and the Contessa race to save Ransome’s kidnapped fiancÈe, whose captors have threatened to kill her unless Ransome allows Reiwald to die!

Written by Terence Feeley

Directed by John Hough

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 7th July 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Wednesday 13th  September 1972 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire, Anglia, Southern and Tyne Tees)
• Friday 15th September 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, London Weekend and Channel)
• Friday 29th September 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 7th October 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 19th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 1st December 1972 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 16th May 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 10th April 1974 – 11.25pm (Border)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

• Tuesday 4th December 1973 – 10.25am

ATV Midlands / Central

• Friday 22nd March 1974 – 7.00pm
• Thursday 13th June 1985 – 11.30pm

Channel

• Thursday 26th September 1974 – 2.30pm

Grampian

• Friday 21st March 1975 – 6.10pm
• Wednesday 29th August 1984 – 3.30pm

Granada

• Saturday 28th April 1973 – 5.15pm

HTV

• Tuesday 1st April 1975 – 6.30pm
• Wednesday 12th September 1984 – 1.30pm

London Weekend

• Sunday 9th October 1977 – 1.30pm

Southern / TVS

• Wednesday 1st May 1974 – 11.40pm
• Sunday 19th February 1984 – 11.30pm

Westward / TSW

• Thursday 26th September 1974 – 2.30pm
• Saturday 4th August 1984 – 10.35am

Yorkshire

• Wednesday 8th August 1973 – 6.05pm

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire
• The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• Freddie Reiwald Harvey Hall
• Ransome Nicholas Jones
• Susan Jacqueline Stanbury
• Captain Carozza Paul Stassino
• Civil Servant John Scott

Harry is offered an assignment by the reclusive industrial magnate Bela Karoleon: to engineer his brother Sandor’s escape from a prison on a Mediterranean island where he has been jailed on a trumped-up charge. The jail-break goes according to plan, but now Sandor’s life is in danger: his brother wants him dead because he is one of the few men to know that behind the respectable facade of the Karoleon Corporation, Bela is running the world’s biggest illegal drugs operation.

Written by John Goldsmith

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 14th July 1972 –  8.00pm (Granada)
• Saturday 16th September 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 2oth September 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
• Friday 6th October 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Thursday 26th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 10th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Friday 8th December 1972 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 12th September 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 1st May 1974 – 11.40pm (Border)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

• Tuesday 11th December 1973 – 10.25am
• Tuesday 8th May 1984 – 11.30pm

ATV Midlands / Central

• Friday 29th March 1974 – 7.00pm
• Thursday 27th September 1984 – 11.30pm

Border

• Wednesday 4th August 1976 – 11.30pm

Channel

• Monday 12th May 1975 – 11.00pm
• Saturday 11th August 1984 – 10.35am

Grampian

• Thursday 13th March 1975 – 11.00pm
• Tuesday 14th February 1984 – 2.30pm

Granada

• Saturday 5th May 1973 – 5.20pm
• Tuesday 14th February 1984 – 2.30pm

HTV

• Tuesday 8th April 1975 – 6.30pm
• Thursday 5th July 1984 – 1.30pm

London Weekend

• Saturday 17th July 1976 – 12.00pm
• Sunday 5th February 1984 – 11.45pm

Westward / TSW

• Monday 12th May 1975 – 11.03pm
• Saturday 11th August 1984 – 10.35am

Yorkshire

• Wednesday 15th August 1973 – 6.05pm
• Wednesday 25th April 1984 – 5.15pm

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Barcelona, Spain

Additional Cast:

• Sandor Karoleon Vladek Sheybal
• Bela Karoleon Patrick Troughton
• Maria Karoleon Jill Balcon
• Heller John Cazabon
• Governor Robert Brown
• Pannides Leon Lissek
• Yanos Antony Stamboulieh

Brad Huron, son of multi-millionaire Carl Huron, bets his companion Malloy that he can disappear without trace and approaches the Protectors to help him to do so. Harry rejects the assignment, but Caroline – stung by a recent argument over the professionalism of women – decides to accept the apparently harmless commission and goes on the run with Brad. Then Harry is contacted by Carl Huron, who reveals that his son is a murderous manic-depressive paranoiac, and Caroline is in deadly danger…

Written by Brian Clemens

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 28th July 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 22nd September 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 4th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
• Friday 20th October 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 28th October 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 9th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 22nd December 1972 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 23rd May 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Friday 5th January 1973 – 7.30pm (Border)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Paris, France

Additional Cast:

• Carl Huron David Bauer
• Brad Huron Derren Nesbitt
• Malloy Chris Malcolm
• Walters Don Henderson
• Cafe Owner Michael Da Costa
• Garage Mechanic David Calderisi
• Joe Lomax Roy Evans

The Protectors are hired by George Dixon to guard his ward, Christie, the key witness to a murder at Dixon’s Paris nightclub. After an attempt on her life by a gunman at Le Bourget Airport, Christie is hidden at Paul’s flat while Harry and Caroline investigate the identity of the gunman and his employer. Then Christie disappears and Caroline learns that she is linked to a bullion robbery organised by the principle members of three Paris gangs, one of whom is now dead, while a second is charged with his murder. But who is the third man?

Written by Donald James

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 8th December 1972 – 7.50pm (Granada)
• Thursday 18th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 16th February 1973 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 21st February 1973 – 10.30m (Grampian)
• Friday 9th March 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Wednesday 21st March 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 8th May 1973 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 30th May 1973 – 6.50pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 29th August 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 26th September 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Monday 13th May 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 14th October 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Paris, France

Additional Cast:

• George Dixon George Baker
• Christie Stephanie Beacham
• Monique Judith Arthy
• Bayard Georges Lambert
• Barman Gordon Sterne
• Croupier Hugo de Vernier
• Carter Sherwood Price

The Protectors are hired by the West German government to discover who is operating a Nazi pension fund for five ex-Nazis wanted for war crimes. Suspecting millionaire Hans Keller, Caroline intercepts a letter sent by him to a poste restante address in Geneva, but it only features the wrong date – August 14th – and a typewritten line: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Realising that this is a coded message that holds the key to the funds held in a Swiss account, Harry and Paul fly to Geneva, but Caroline is captured by Keller…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 18th August 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Thursday 5thOctober 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 13th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 25th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
• Friday 10th November 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands and Border)
• Saturday 18th November 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Friday 12th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 13th June 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Barcelona, Spain

Additional Cast:

• Hans Keller Morris Perry
• Osuna MarkMalicz
• Helga Gratz Anna Matisse
• Monica Angie Grant
• Banker Christopher Benjamin
• Spanish Official Kenneth Hendal

Hired to ensure the return home of a wayward daughter, Harry and Caroline discover that the girl has been employed to pass a series of numbers, coded messages detailing car licence numbers. Trailing a car belonging to eminent heart surgeon Lawrence Savage, they learn that the vehicle is being used in an elaborate heroin smuggling operation. Tracking down the brains behind the racket takes Harry back to Spain and a grim confrontation with Mario Giocovetti, the head of the organisation…

Written by Ralph Smart

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 29th September 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 24th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Thursday 30th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Thursday 7th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Friday 29th December 1972 – 7.30pm (Border and ATV Midlands)
• Wednesday 21st February 1973 – 10.30pm (Yorkshire)
• Tuesday 10th April 1973 – 6.35pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 29th August 1973 – 6.05pm (Tyne Tees)
• Wednesday 29th August 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 10th October 1973 – 10.30pm (HTV)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Edwarebury Hotel, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire
• A1, Borehamwood
• Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7
• Eastern Docks Car Ferry Terminal and Hoverport, Dover, Kent
• Barcelona, Spain

Additional Cast:

• Susan Crediton Margareta Lee
• Frank Henry McGee
• Sir Walter Crediton Frederick Treves
• Mario Giocovetti Peter Arne
• Luigi George Innes
• Lawrence Savage Richard Easton
• Man in White Sherwood Price

Paul is kidnapped by jewel thief Charlie and held captive at a disused farmyard. Charlie threatens to kill Paul by detonating a time bomb by radio transmitter unless Harry and Caroline help in the theft of priceless jewels, which have been entrusted to Harry by the owner during a transfer at London Airport. With no alternative, Harry switches the packet containing the gems but later he and Caroline find Charlie dead with the jewels missing – and the clock is still ticking on the bomb that threatens Paul’s life!

Written by Lew Davidson

Directed by John Hough

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 22nd September 1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Friday 1st December 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Thursday 7th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 15th December 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands and Border)
• Thursday 21st December 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Saturday 17th February 1973 – 6.10pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 4th April 1973 – 10.40pm (Tyne Tees and Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 18th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Friday 12th April 1974 – 6.30pm (HTV)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• High Canons, Buckettsland Lane, Well End, Hertfordshire
• Deeves Hall Cottage, Deeves Hall Lane, near Ridge, Hertfordshire
• A1, Borehamwood
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7
• Aythorpe Roding Mill, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex

Additional Cast:

• Charlie John Neville
• Linda Angharad Rees
• Kofax Peter Bowles
• Gem Setter John Barrard
• Detective Del Henney
• Garage Attendant Bill Stewart

Two attempts on Harry’s life are made by Kate Lindeman, the daughter of a racketeer whom Harry was responsible for imprisoning. Kate believes that Harry framed her father who has since died behind bars, but Harry persuades her to give him twelve hours to convince her that Lindeman was indeed a gangster, introducing her to the men at the heart of Lindeman’s gang. But when Caroline and Paul learn that Kate’s attempts to kill Harry were bogus, Harry realises that he has been duped…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 8th September  1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Friday 3rd November 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Friday 1st December 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Thursday 4th January 1973 – 7.30pm (Anglia)
• Friday 2nd February 1973 – 7.00pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 14th March 1973 – 10.30pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 4th July 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 22nd August 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Monday 1st April 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
• Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC1
• Westminster Bridge, Westminster Bridge Road, London SW1
• Whitehall, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• Reagan Patrick O’Connell
• Kate Lindeman Anna Palk
• Jill Kubi Chaza
• Soaper Barry Stanton
• Mechanic Paul Freeman
• Turf Accountant Brian Jackson
• Health Clinic Proprietor Lewis Jones

The Protectors are hired to track down Bennett, a missing Canadian agent who holds valuable information about a new American-Canadian sky project. Harry, Caroline and Paul trace the injured Bennett to a private clinic near Paris where he is being held by Shkoder, a Soviet agent. The trio engineer a fake road accident to gain access to the clinic, but is the man they rescue really Bennett or is he Kosneff, a foreign agent surgically altered to resemble Bennett and take his place?

Written by Jesse and Pat Lasky

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 3rd November 1972 –  7.30pm (Granada)
• Friday 29th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Friday 2nd February 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Wednesday 7th March 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Saturday 10th March 1973 – 6.15pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 28th March 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Wednesday 18th April 1973 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees and Yorkshire)
• Friday 4th May 1973 – 6.05pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 25th July 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 8th August 1973 – 8.00pm (Southern)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Buckettsland Lane, Well End, Hertfordshire
• Whitehall, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7
• Paris, France

Additional Cast:

• Shkoder Michael Gough
• Maria Ghardala Georgia Brown
• Yanos Anthony Stamboulieh
• Bennett Neil McCallum
• Kramer Christopher Dunham

Harry and Caroline are assigned to keep tabs on a Senator who is investigating the activities of Il Gufo – ‘The Owl’ – for a Senate report on organised crime in Rome. The Senator is abducted, but turns up again in a cafÈ on the Via Veneto – he has been drugged and in his pocket are a packet of incriminating photographs which could ruin him. The only witness to the Senator’s abduction is a blind man and the search for him takes Caroline to the tawdry Piazza Costaguti and a terrifying encounter with Il Gufo…

Written by Donald Jonson

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 21st July 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Saturday 23rd September 1972 – 5.35pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 27th September 1972 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire, Anglia, Southern and Tyne Tees)
• Friday 13th October 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Thursday 2 November 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 17th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Friday 15th December 1972 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Friday 12th January 1973 – 7.30pm (Border)
• Wednesday 21st November 1973 – 10.30pm (HTV)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• Rome, Italy

Additional Cast:

• Max Toller James Bolam
• Lucello Alan Webb
• Waiter Al Mancini
• Senator Leonard Sachs
• Mario Phillip Hinton
• Driver Anthony Haygarth
• Thug Alan Lake

The Protectors are approached by K.G.B. agent Krassinkov to help them find defecting Russian scientist Professor Schelpin, a top bio-chemist who has disappeared with a phial of germ warfare toxin which could wipe out the population of London. To their surprise, Schelpin turns up at a conference where he confirms his intentions to alert the world to the horrors of germ warfare, but he disappears again before he can be stopped. Realising that Schelpin plans to unleash the toxin on the anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima, Harry, Caroline and Paul have only nine hours to avert disaster…

Written by John Goldsmith

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 15th September 1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Saturday 11th November 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Friday 8th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Friday 8th December 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands and Border)
• Saturday 10th February 1973 – 6.10pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 21st March 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Wednesday 25th April 1973 – 8.30pm (Anglia)
• Wednesday 27th June 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 5th September 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 28th November 1973 – 10.40pm (HTV)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• Hungerford Bridge, Victoria Embankment, London SW1
• Houses Of Parliament, Westminster, London SW1
• Trafalgar Square, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW1

Additional Cast:

• Colonel Vasili Krassinkov Nigel Green
• Professor Schelpin Laurence Naismith
• G.B. Man Janos Kurucz
• Grodny Angus Lennie
• Russian Delegate Milos Kirek
• Hotel Receptionist Barry Warren

Caroline’s friend Irena Gleskova has been swindled out of a 12th century ivory icon by suave confidence trickster Alan Sutherland, so Caroline sets out to avenge her, buying the icon back at an auction to present herself to Sutherland as his next target. With Harry in the guise of a rich American with money to burn, the Protectors coax Sutherland to put up a loan of £85,000 with a diamond ring, valued at £200,000 as security, as part of an elaborate confidence trick of their own.

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 25th August 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Thursday 28th September 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 20th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 1st November 1972 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire, Anglia, Southern and Tyne Tees)
• Friday 17th November 1972 – 7.30pm (Border and ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 25th November 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Tuesday 3rd April 1973 – 6.35pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 20th June 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Buckettsland Lane, Well End, Hertfordshire
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW1

Additional Cast:

• Alan Sutherland Anton Rodgers
• Irena Gleskova Isabella Telezynska
• Cribbs Ronald Lacey
• Emil Markov Michael Da Costa
• Auctioneer Peter Cellier
• Salesman Brian Worth

An attempt on Paul’s life follows the deaths of Protectors in New York and Tokyo, and Caroline realises that someone is out to destroy the Protectors Organisation. She and Paul attempt to warn Harry, but they are too late – he has already been kidnapped. The assassin’s trail leads Caroline and Paul to a swimwear factory owned by Jason Howard who has been given the contract to wipe out the Protectors. There, they learn that Harry has been incarcerated in a crate suspended from a crane – unless Harry agrees to name all the other members of the organisation, he will be crushed to death…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Roy Ward Baker

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 27th October 1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Thursday 14th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 28th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 12th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend )
• Friday 26th January 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 3rd March 1973 – 6.10pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 21st March 1973 – 11.30pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 11th April 1973 – 10.40pm (Tyne Tees and Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 18th July 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 1st August 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 29th May 1974 – 11.25pm (Border)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW1

Additional Cast:

• Jason Howard Derek Smith
• Fencing Master Arthur Howell
• ‘Assassin’ Bob Anderson
• Suzanne Morag Hood
• Barman Toyn Bateman
• Howard’s Henchmen Carl Rigg and Phil Woods

Harry recovers consciousness in hospital and is told that he has been involved in a head-on collision with another car. The police arrive and Harry is interviewed by Inspector Wilson, revealing that the Protectors have been engaged to guard Frank Gilling, a vital witness due to testify before an international commission. Wilson urges him to reveal Gilling’s location so that he can ensure his protection, but Harry comes to realise that he and Caroline are the victims of an elaborate plot to erase Gilling…

Written by Brian Clemens

Directed by Cyril Frankel

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 1st September 1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Thursday 14th September 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 27th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 8th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire, Anglia, Southern and Tyne Tees)
• Friday 24th November 1972 – 7.30pm (Border and ATV Midlands)
• Friday 26th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 27th June 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Additional Cast:

• Inspector Wilson Ian Hendry
• Sergeant Peters Keith Bell
• Frank Dilling Geoffrey Morris
• Doctor Page Donald Burton
• Nurse Penny Sugg
• Ginter James Culliford

Tormented by his experiences while in command of a U.S. air base in Vietnam, Colonel John Hunter has suffered a mental breakdown, shooting a security guard at a disused airfield in the belief that he is back in Vietnam. Pursued by the police, Hunter goes to ground in the airfield control tower and his wife calls in Harry Rule to help him. Harry finds himself at odds with the trigger-happy Inspector Slade, and attempts to talk Hunter back to sanity by presenting himself as one of Hunter’s Vietnam colleagues. But the encounter tips Hunter over the edge…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Wednesday 3rd January 1973 – 11.30pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 21st February 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 2nd March 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 14th March 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Friday 23rd March 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 14th April 1973 – 5.15pm (Granada)
• Tuesday 22nd May 1973 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 13th June 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Friday 19th April 1974 – 6.30pm (HTV)
• Monday 3rd June 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Tuesday 9th July 1974 – 11.40pm (Southern)
• Monday 28th October 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)

Edited by Mike Campbell

Additional Cast:

• Colonel John Hunter Ed Bishop
• Slade John Collin
• Karen Hunter Sally Bazely
• Security Man Frederick Bennett
• Policeman George Roubicek

Harry and Caroline celebrate Harry’s birthday with a holiday at Caroline’s family lodge in Northern Europe. While Caroline is shopping at a village store, Harry is surprised by the arrival of an injured man whom he recognises as the noted South American diplomat Douglas Perston. Perston has been kidnapped and held hostage by his political opponents, but has managed to escape his captors who are hot on his trail. When Harry tries to run for help, he is pursued by the ruthless Gardner and his henchmen…

Written by Brian Clemens

Directed by Harry Booth

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 1st December 1972 – 7.50pm (Granada)
• Friday 9th February 1973 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 14th February 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 2nd March 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Wednesday 18th April 1973 – 8.30pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 1st May 1973 – 6.35pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 11th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 22nd August 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 19th September 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Monday 30th September 1973 – 6.15pm (Border)
• Sunday 28th October 1973 – 1.40pm (Grampian)
• Monday 2nd September 1974 – 11.00pm (Tyne Tees)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• The Bridgewater Memorial, Aldbury, Buckinghamshire
• Edgwarebury Hotel, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire

Additional Cast:

• Gardner Patrick Magee
• Kurt Keith Buckley
• Douglas Perston Donald Eccles
• Vent Tom Chadbon
• Gromeld Gertan Klauber
• 2nd Tracker Graham Mallard
• Ingrid Isabella Telezynska

The Protectors have been assigned to guard a visiting Eastern President during his stay in London when Harry’s estranged wife Laura arrives at his mews apartment in a distressed state. Their son Johnny has been kidnapped by the President’s rival, Kahan, who wants Harry to help him in his political ambitions by killing the President. Harry has no choice but to go through with Kahan’s plans and shoots the President in cold blood – only to be gunned down by Caroline!

Written by Sylvia Anderson

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 24th November 1972 – 7.50pm (Granada)
• Friday 2nd February 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 7th February 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 23rd February 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 31st March 1973 – 6.10pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 11th April 1973 – 8.30pm (Anglia)
• Friday 11th May 1973 – 6.10pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 4th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 15th August 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 12th September 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Monday 5th August 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire
• Aldenham Grange, Letchmore Heath Road, Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire
• Neptune House, BBC Elstree Studios, Eldon Avenue, Borehamwood
• London Airport, Heathrow, London
• Trafalgar Square, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• Kahan Jeremy Brett
• Laura Rule Hannah Gordon
• President Martin Benson
• President’s Aide Saeed Jaffrey
• Johnny Rule Daron Barnham
• Pursuer Roshan Seth
• Butler John Gatrell
• Doctor Desmond Jordan
• Kahan’s Henchmen Julian Sherrier and Marc Zuber

Caroline is kidnapped by Colin Grant, an escaped murderer who was convicted partly on Caroline’s evidence. He stages a mock trial for Caroline with himself as prosecuting counsel and a grotesque jury of cut-out cardboard figures. While Paul and Suki desperately search for her, Caroline is terrorised by the psychopathic Grant as he outlines his case against her and she suddenly realises that he is reliving the tragic death of his mother that unhinged his mind..

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by John Hough

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 6th October 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Thursday 16th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Saturday 2nd December 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 14th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 15th December 1972 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Friday 5th January 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Tuesday 17th April 1973 – 6.35pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 27th June 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 25th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Friday 5th April 1974 – 6.30pm (HTV)
• Monday 22nd April 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 11th August 1974 – 4.10pm (Border)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• Colin Grant Norman Rodway
• Visitor Damien Thomas
• Detective Kenneth Gilbert
• Mary Cooper Susan Travers

Harry and Caroline are hired by Inspector Newman to guard the body of Ralph Corder, in the hope of drawing his associates in a series of bank robberies out into the open. One of the men, Robard, offers Harry £5,000 if he can confirm that Corder is dead, while a second, Mason, breaks into Corder’s house to find out for himself. Mason is photographed by a hidden camera, enabling Caroline to identify him and trail him to a disused crypt while Harry and Paul track down Robard. Both men want their share of the hidden proceeds from the robberies and will stop at nothing to claim it…

Written by Dennis Spooner

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 13th October 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Thursday 23rd November 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Saturday 9th December 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 21st December 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 22nd December 1972 –  7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Friday 12th January 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Tuesday 24th April 1973 – 6.35pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 4th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 18th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire) * This episode was originally planned to be shown on 28th March but was replaced by a tribute to Noel Coward who had passed away two days earlier
• Thursday 28th March 1974 – 6.30pm (HTV)
• Monday 29th April 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 7th October 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Edgwarebury Hotel, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire
• The King William IV, 111 Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, London SW1

Additional Cast:

• Robard Freddie Jones
• Alan Mason Manning Redwood
• Inspector Jack Newman Ken Watson
• Butler Harry Hutchinson

Harry is kidnapped by Colin Foster, a mentally unbalanced criminal who seeks to exact his own macabre form of vengeance on Harry for the death of his brother. Taken up in a light aircraft, Harry is left at the controls when Foster jumps out with the only parachute, intending to disappear and frame Harry for his own murder. But Foster’s plan has backfired in one vital respect: Harry doesn’t know how to pilot the ‘plane and unless Paul can talk him down, he won’t live to be charged with Foster’s murder…

Written by Jesse and Pat Lasky

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 10th November 1972 – 7.30pm (Granada)
• Friday 19th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Westward, Channel and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 24th January 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 9th February 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Wednesday 28th February 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Saturday 17th March 1973 – 6.15pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 16th May 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 1st August 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 15th August 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Sunday 7th October 1973 – 1.40pm (Grampian)
• Monday 8th April 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 23rd September 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Elstree Aerodrome, Hogg Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire
• Tower of London, Tower Hill, London EC3
• New Scotland Yard, Victoria Street, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• Colin Foster Derren Nesbitt
• Inspector Hill John Nettleton
• Air Traffic Control John Joyce
• Rifle Range Supervisor William Moore

Harry is asked to deliver a dispatch case to Prince Carpiano’s villa in Rome. En route, two attempts are made to wrest the case from him, but when Harry and Caroline discover that the case contains a bomb they realise that Harry has been used as a decoy while another courier carries the real consignment. Investigating further, Caroline manages to acquire tickets to a fancy dress party being hosted by the Prince at an ancestral tomb outside Rome, where she and Harry discover that the courier is delivering funding for the Prince’s neo-Fascist revolutionary movement.

Written by Jesse and Pat Lasky

Directed by Michael Linday-Hogg

First UK Airdates:

• Wednesday 17th January 1973 – 11.30pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 21st February 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Friday 9th March 1973 – 7.00pm (London Weekend)
• Wednesday 14th March 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 30th March 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 21st April 1973 – 5.15pm (Granada)
• Tuesday 29th May 1973 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 20th June 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Friday 26th April 1974 – 6.30pm (HTV)
• Monday 4th November 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)
• Wednesday 13th November 1974 – 11.10pm (Tyne Tees)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Westminster Pier, Victoria Embankment, London SW1
• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7
• Rome, Italy

Additional Cast:

• Prince Carpiano Milo O’Shea
• Fabrizzio Jacques Sernas
• Extremist Officer Jeffrey Segal

Investigating the death in North Africa of an English hippy, Peter Hendricks, Harry stumbles on a smuggling racket when he is mistaken by Hendricks’ employer, Goran, to be his contact for a shipment to Malta. With little to go on after Goran’s death, Harry is joined by Caroline and Paul and tracks the operation back to James Leroy Mallory, an Australian plying an illegal trade in blood plasma. Masquerading as a buyer, Caroline offers to outbid the purchaser of Mallory’s latest consignment but Mallory is alerted to her deception…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 20th October 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Thursday 30th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia)
• Wednesday 27th December 1972 – 6.05pm (Yorkshire)
• Friday 5th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Thursday 11th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 19th January 1973 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 24th February 1973  6.10pm (Scottish)
• Monday 5th March 1973 – 6.20pm (Grampian)
• Wednesday 11th July 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 25th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 22nd August 1973 – 6.05pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 21st April 1974 – 4.20pm (Border)

Edited by John S. Smith

On Location:

• Malta

Additional Cast:

• James Leroy Mallory Patrick Allen
• Baruna Maxwell Shaw
• Goran Barrie Houghton
• Doctor Cyril Shapps
• Mallory’s Girl Julie Crossthwaite

In Malta on a routine assignment, Harry becomes entangled in the theft of Linda McCall’s Muffin. The poodle has been stolen by Felix Costa and his girlfriend Madeline, who intend to use the little dog in a plot to smuggle microfilm out of the country. Too late, they discover that the microfilm will not be arriving for several days and the pair must keep Muffin fed and quiet until then, which proves to be difficult. Unfortunately, when the microfilm finally arrives, it falls into Muffin’s dog food and he eats it…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Robert Vaughn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 15th December 1972 – 7.50pm (Granada)
• Wednesday 31st January 1973 – 11.30pm (Grampian)
• Friday 23rd February 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend )
• Wednesday 28th February 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Wednesday 7th March 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Friday 16th March 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Tuesday 15th May 1973 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 6th June 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 5th September 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Tuesday 13th November 1973 – 7.05pm (Southern)
• Monday 20th May 1974 – 10.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 21st October 1974 – 6.15pm (Border)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Malta

Additional Cast:

• Felix Costa Sherwood Price
• Linda McCall Linda Staab
• Jonathan P. Hacket Dervis Ward
• Joe Flynn Vernon Dobtcheff
• Jonathan P. Hacket Wendy Hutchinson
• Doctor David Glover
• Hotel Man Michael Da Costa
• Bartender Peter Fontaine

Temporarily blinded by gun fire, Paul is the only eye-witness able to identify John Azon and Gregg as the men behind a drug-running racket after the Protectors’ operation to entrap the men in a car-park goes horribly wrong. To ensure that they are able to cover their tracks, Azon and Gregg hire Vickers, an extraordinary mimic, to impersonate Harry and learn the identity of the other person who was in the car-park with Paul, who might also be able to identify them. Completely fooled by Vickers, Paul unwittingly reveals that it was Caroline…

Written by Brian Clemens

Directed by Cyril Frankel

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 17th November 1972 – 7.50pm (Granada)
• Friday 26th January 1973 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Wednesday 31st January 1973 – 8.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 16th February 1973 – 8.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Saturday 24th March 1973 – 6.10pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 4th April 1973 – 8.00pm (Anglia)
• Wednesday 23rd May 1973 – 7.00pm (Yorkshire)
• Wednesday 11th July 1973 – 7.00pm (Southern)
• Wednesday 8th August 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)
• Wednesday 15th August 1973 – 6.05pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 28th July 1974 – 4.10pm (Border)

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• 2 Courtfield Mews, South Kensington, London SW7

Additional Cast:

• John Azon David Buck
• Gregg Ian Hogg
• Vickers Shane Rimmer

The Protectors agree to assist with investigations into a plot to overthrow the government of a Mediterranean island. Harry, Caroline and Paul are joined by Jim Palmer, another member of the Protectors organisation, to whom Caroline was once romantically attached. Caroline goes along with Palmer’s suspicions that businessman Adam Markos is the man behind the plot and evidence mounts against him when arms are discovered during raids on his nightclubs. Harry, however, pursues his own investigation and learns the identity of the true culprit…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Don Chaffey

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 11th August 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Saturday 30th September 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Friday 6th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
• Thursday 12th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Wednesday 18th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
• Friday 3rd November 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands and Border)
• Friday 5th January 1973 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 6th June 1973 – 7.00pm (HTV)

Edited by David Lane

On Location:

• Malta

Additional Cast:

• Jim Palmer Ron Randall
• Lintar Paul Weston
• Adam Markos Phil Brown
• Maria Diane Mercer
• Young Girl Tanya Bayona

The Protectors are engaged by Madame Rue, the wife of a foreign President, to safeguard her husband when he arrives in the Mediterranean for medical treatment. With a double of the President and Caroline masquerading as Madame Rue, Harry arranges an elaborate deception at the airport to decoy the President’s enemies, enabling the real President to be smuggled safely from a chartered yacht. But the plan misfires when the President’s ambulance is ambushed and the abductors escape with him to sea…

Written by Donald James

Directed by Jeremy Summers

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 4th August 1972 – 8.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 29th September 1972 – 7.00pm (London Weekend, Westward and Channel)
• Wednesday 11th October 1972 – 7.00pm (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Southern)
• Friday 27th October 1972 – 7.30pm (ATV Midlands and Border)
• Saturday 4th November 1972 – 5.40pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 16th November 1972 – 7.00pm (Ulster)
• Friday 29th December 1972 – 6.30pm (Scottish)
• Wednesday 30th May 1973 – 6.50pm (HTV)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

• Wednesday 1st May 1974 – 2.00pm
• Tuesday 5th June 1984 – 11.35pm

ATV Midlands / Central

• Wednesday 11th September 1974 – 2.00pm
• Thursday 5th December 1985 – 11.00pm

Border

• Friday 22nd August 1975 – 7.00pm

Channel

• Thursday 18th July 1974 – 11.55pm

Granada

• Saturday 16th June 1973 – 5.20pm

HTV

• Tuesday 29th April 1975 – 6.30pm

London Weekend

• Sunday 4th September 1977 – 12.45pm

Westward / TSW

• Thursday 18th July 1974 – 11.55pm
• Sunday 11th August 1985 – 1.00pm

Yorkshire

• Wednesday 29th August 1973 – 6.05pm
• Wednesday 1st August 1984 – 5.15pm

Edited by Mike Campbell

On Location:

• Malta

Additional Cast:

• Madame Rue Toby Robins
• Medina Stanley Lebor
• Police Inspector Charles Thake
• Skipper Robert Sessions
• Julie Jennie Lee Wright