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The Protectors
1972 - 1974 5.6 (11 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Crime Drama
Networks
Associated Television
Created By
Gerry Anderson

The Protectors

Overview

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.

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Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1972)

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26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: 2,000 ft to Die
1972-09-29

A friend of Harry's insists on doing a dangerous skydiving trick despite the fact that gold smugglers are trying to kill him.

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Episode 2: Brother Hood
1972-10-06

A wealthy recluse hires the Protectors to break his brother out of prison.

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Episode 3: See No Evil
1972-10-13

While in Rome the Protectors try to help a senator who is being blackmailed.

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Episode 4: Disappearing Trick
1972-10-20

The Contessa ends up putting her life in danger when she agrees to help an old friend win a wager by making him disappear.

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Episode 5: Ceremony For the Dead
1972-10-27

The wife of a president hires the Protectors to guard her critically ill husband whom she fears may be kidnapped.

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Episode 6: It Was All Over in Leipzig
1972-11-03

While investigating a plot to overthrow the government of a Mediterranean nation the Protectors end up confronting two old friends of the Contessa, one with whom she was romantically involved.

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Episode 7: The Quick Brown Fox
1972-11-10

The West German government hires the Protectors to put a pension fund that is supporting fugitive Nazi's out of business.

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Episode 8: King Con
1972-11-17

The Protectors devise an elaborate con to recover a priceless antique which a woman had been conned out of.

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Episode 9: Thinkback
1972-11-24

Harry and the Contessa are the victims of a car crash that was engineered to get information out of them.

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Episode 10: A Kind of Wild Justice
1972-12-01

The daughter of a gangster whom Harry helped put in prison fails twice in her efforts to kill Harry.

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Episode 11: Balance of Terror
1972-12-08

The KGB hires the Protectors to capture a renegade Russian scientist who plans on destroying London with a new virus to show the world how dangerous biological warfare can be.

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Episode 12: Triple Cross
1972-12-15

A kidnapped Paul will be blown to bits unless Harry and the Contessa help steal jewels which they have been hired to safeguard.

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Episode 13: The Numbers Game
1972-12-29

The Protectors only hope of putting a drug smuggling ring out of business lies in being able to decode a coded letter.

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Episode 14: For the Rest of Your Natural ...
1973-01-05

The Contessa is captured by a psychotic killer who puts her on trial for her life.

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Episode 15: The Bodyguards
1973-01-12

The police hire the Protectors to guard the corpse of a bank robber as part of a ruse to capture his accomplices.

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Episode 16: A Matter of Life and Death
1973-01-19

In Malta, with only the body of a dead hippie as a clue, the Protectors go after smugglers despite having no idea what it is that is being smuggled.

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Episode 17: The Big Hit
1973-01-26

After unsuccessful attempts on their lives, Paul and the Contessa are too late to warn Harry that someone is out to kill him.

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Episode 18: One and One Makes One
1973-02-02

The Protectors are hired to track down Bennett, a missing Canadian agent who holds valuable information about a new American-Canadian sky project.

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Episode 19: Talkdown
1973-02-09

Harry must land a small plane on his own when the pilot dies.

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Episode 20: Vocal
1973-02-16

Drug dealers plan on using someone who can impersonate Harry's voice in order to get information out of a blinded Paul.

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Episode 21: With A Little Help From My Friends
1973-02-23

Harry finds his family being threatened after he agrees to guard a visiting president in London.

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Episode 22: Chase
1973-03-02

The Contessa gives Harry a shotgun for his birthday which he soon puts to good use when while investigating political blackmail he becomes the quarry in a manhunt.

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Episode 23: Your Witness
1973-03-09

An important witness to a murder who doesn't want the Protectors protection, vanishes soon after she is placed in the Protectors charge.

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Episode 24: It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island
1973-03-16

A small fluffy dog called Muffin is kidnapped from a hotel to place a microfilm in its collar. The dog is due to be ttansaported to NY. Harry saves the day.

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Episode 25: The First Circle
1973-03-23

Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

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Episode 26: A Case For the Right
1973-03-30

The Protectors end up in trouble in the Roman tombs.

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Season 2 (1973)

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26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Quin
1973-09-21

Harry travels to Spain in order to track down a bounty hunter named Quin.

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Episode 2: Bagman
1973-09-28

The Protectors are called to deliver the ransom for the kidnapped daughter of a Danish aristocrat.

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Episode 3: Fighting Fund
1973-10-05

A revolutionary group steals and auctions off a priceless art collection in order to purchase dynamite to fund their cause.

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Episode 4: The Last Frontier
1973-10-12

The Protectors are hired to smuggle into Britain a Russian scientist who wishes to marry her childhood sweetheart.

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Episode 5: Baubles, Bangles and Beads
1973-10-19

In Denmark, a young woman and her father call on the Protectors to deliver a huge ransom for a stolen jewelry shipment.

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Episode 6: Petard
1973-10-26

The Protectors go after industrial spies who are threatening to topple a chemical company by scooping their best products.

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Episode 7: Goodbye George
1973-11-02

Alone in Italy, the Contessa goes to Venice to find out why the son of a wealthy Brit is making huge withdrawals from his account.

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Episode 8: Wam (1)
1973-11-09

In Salzburg, the Protectors must rescue a group of vacationers whom are unknowingly being held hostage on top of an Austrian mountain.

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Episode 9: Wam (2)
1973-11-16

In Salzburg, the Protectors must rescue a group of vacationers whom are unknowingly being held hostage on top of an Austrian mountain.

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Episode 10: Implicado
1973-11-23

In Spain, an English boy is framed and arrested on drug charges after a drug dealer plants some hash in his backpack.

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Episode 11: Dragon Chase
1973-11-30

In Britain, Harry is called on to protect a Russian author from publishing his anti-socialist book.

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Episode 12: Decoy
1973-12-07

An old friend who has a new lead on an insurance scam calls Harry and the Contessa to Venice, but he is murdered just before they arrive.

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Episode 13: Border Line
1973-12-14

The Protectors are hired by a Hungarian actress wanting to bury her now deceased revolutionary father in their homeland.

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Episode 14: Zeke's Blues
1973-12-21

Harry's college friend Zeke, a pianist, is blackmailed into setting Harry up by mobsters.

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Episode 15: Lena
1973-12-28

In Venice, Harry aids Lena, a journalist, expose a corrupt politician.

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Episode 16: The Bridge
1974-01-04

Undercover as an explosives expert, Harry seeks to rescue a kidnapped girl and prevent a bridge bombing.

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Episode 17: Sugar and Spice
1974-01-11

In order to protect the daughter of a rich industrialist who has received threats against her life, Harry poses as her tutor.

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Episode 18: Burning Bush
1974-01-18

Harry masquerades as a drunk in order to get a Canadian heiress out of a cult.

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Episode 19: The Tiger and the Goat
1974-01-25

The Contessa is used to lure her former lover, a British spy, out into the open.

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Episode 20: Route 27
1974-02-01

Knowing where a huge stash of heroin is hidden, Harry confronts the drug dealers.

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Episode 21: Trial
1974-02-08

The Protectors are called upon when the father of a man on trial for murdering a policeman goes after the judge.

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Episode 22: Shadbolt
1974-02-15

Harry is stalked on a train by Shadbolt, a professional assassin.

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Episode 23: A Pocketful of Posies
1974-02-22

Harry Rule is called upon to see if Eartha Kitt's (guest star)home is haunted.

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Episode 24: Wheels
1974-03-01

The Protectors are hired to discretely research stolen secret Swiss bank account information.

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Episode 25: The Insider
1974-02-25

The Protectors aid a movie director in the retrieval of film being held for ransom.

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Episode 26: Blockbuster
1974-03-15

The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.

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