don walker 122 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 hi, can any body help,, back in the late 50,s early 60,s there was a TV program called dangerman,starring Patrick Magoan, also he stared in the TV prog the prisoner,, well,, me and the missis seem to remember him in another TV spy program. The opening scenes was him walking along a beech, then into a bit of the jungle, He then came to a hut door and then went in,, it was a spy type prog, he used to use all those little gismo,s We seem to think it was called secret agent .. are we imagining it or what? he was always dressed in black with a white tie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Correct Don,Dangerman in UK and Secret Agent in USA...I used to watch this late at night years ago..repeats obviously.. John Drake was his character? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 There you go Don indulge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don walker 122 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 hi dave 48 thanks for the film clip,I have all the dangerman and prisoner dvd s but the start of the tv serial that I am thinking of was made for british tv, and it started as I have decribed at the beginning of this thread,, its been driving me and the missis barmy for years, have been on the tinternet but with no luck,I recollect it came the box on a sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,545 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 I vaguely remember the opening scene you are talking about but I can only come up with this one again. It is Secret Agent. Its not American though. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058846/ I remember Callan, but that was Edward Woodwardwood-wood, and there was Private Eye but that was Alfred Burke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Quiller? That was Michael Jayston. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don walker 122 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 thanks all , just wondering if I imagined it , I will study all the info you have sent, god its driving me and the missis daft, I will keep digging, I think there is a Patrick magoan fan club based at port Merriam, wales where they filmed the prisoner, recon I will give them a go, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Is this any help? http://www.culturecourt.com/F/TV/Danger_Man.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,569 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Patrick McGoohan's main claim to fame may be that, at various times, he was considered for the parts of both James Bond and The Saint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Don, most episodes have a prequel bit before the theme and intro, could be you remember the start of one particular episode. McGoohan didn't do any other series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I remember watching 'The Prisoner' when it was first shown, and as it says on that website carni gives a link to, the implication was that he was the same character - John Drake - from 'Danger Man'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don walker 122 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 hi, mega notts I can,t remember what day it is sometimes, its so long ago.All I can remember is at the start of every episode magoan runs along a beech into the jungle along a path to a hut then goes inside,, then all the tittles and music starts, sorry Ican,t be more specific,, but thanks guys and gals for trying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Done a bit of digging Don, The Big Knife was a TV play he was in, in '58. And Danger man and secret agent even though one and the same had different opening credit sequences.Lew Grade tried to beef up the Drake character. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 618 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Don, Can you remember how the theme tune goes? If so there are apps that you can hum/whistle\play it on an instrument and the app tries to identify it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 The Prisoner was fantastic when it first started. The storyline and style were excellent. But after an initial burst of popularity it tailed off because the writing wasn't good enough. There should have been more collaboration on it AND they should have had the thing that causes most series to fail - a well thought out ending. More and more ridiculous plot lines and implausable situations to try and create intrigue ultimately fail if they are not heading towards something. People just got fed up, the audience figures tailed off and they were forced to end the series early. We've talked about this here before - remember 'Lost'. I remember reading that Lew Grade insisted that McGoohan had an ending and he said that he did, but when it eventually came it was a right load of unfathomable nonsense. So in actual fact he didn't ! Danger Man on the other hand had self-contained stories that concluded each episode. It was a great character that McGoohan created. Remember the episode that took place on one of the pirate stations in the Thames Estuary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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