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The Protectors

All Episodes 1972 - 1974
TV-PG

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f7fe0232d20>
  • 1972-09-28T23:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 21h 41m (52 episodes)
  • Gerry Anderson
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Alliance, Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
  • Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
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.

52 episodes

Series Premiere

1972-09-28T23:00:00Z

1x01 2,000 ft to Die

Series Premiere

1x01 2,000 ft to Die

  • 1972-09-28T23:00:00Z25m

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

1972-10-05T23:00:00Z

1x02 Brother Hood

1x02 Brother Hood

  • 1972-10-05T23:00:00Z25m

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

1972-10-12T23:00:00Z

1x03 See No Evil

1x03 See No Evil

  • 1972-10-12T23:00:00Z25m

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

1972-10-19T23:00:00Z

1x04 Disappearing Trick

1x04 Disappearing Trick

  • 1972-10-19T23:00:00Z25m

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

1972-10-26T23:00:00Z

1x05 Ceremony For the Dead

1x05 Ceremony For the Dead

  • 1972-10-26T23:00:00Z25m

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

1x06 It Was All Over in Leipzig

  • 1972-11-03T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1972-11-10T00:00:00Z

1x07 The Quick Brown Fox

1x07 The Quick Brown Fox

  • 1972-11-10T00:00:00Z25m

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

1972-11-17T00:00:00Z

1x08 King Con

1x08 King Con

  • 1972-11-17T00:00:00Z25m

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

1972-11-24T00:00:00Z

1x09 Thinkback

1x09 Thinkback

  • 1972-11-24T00:00:00Z25m

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

1972-12-01T00:00:00Z

1x10 A Kind of Wild Justice

1x10 A Kind of Wild Justice

  • 1972-12-01T00:00:00Z25m

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

1972-12-08T00:00:00Z

1x11 Balance of Terror

1x11 Balance of Terror

  • 1972-12-08T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1972-12-15T00:00:00Z

1x12 Triple Cross

1x12 Triple Cross

  • 1972-12-15T00:00:00Z25m

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

1972-12-29T00:00:00Z

1x13 The Numbers Game

1x13 The Numbers Game

  • 1972-12-29T00:00:00Z25m

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

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

1973-01-12T00:00:00Z

1x15 The Bodyguards

1x15 The Bodyguards

  • 1973-01-12T00:00:00Z26m

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

1x16 A Matter of Life and Death

  • 1973-01-19T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-01-26T00:00:00Z

1x17 The Big Hit

1x17 The Big Hit

  • 1973-01-26T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-02-02T00:00:00Z

1x18 One and One Makes One

1x18 One and One Makes One

  • 1973-02-02T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-02-09T00:00:00Z

1x19 Talkdown

1x19 Talkdown

  • 1973-02-09T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-02-16T00:00:00Z

1x20 Vocal

1x20 Vocal

  • 1973-02-16T00:00:00Z25m

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

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

1973-03-02T00:00:00Z

1x22 Chase

1x22 Chase

  • 1973-03-02T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-03-09T00:00:00Z

1x23 Your Witness

1x23 Your Witness

  • 1973-03-09T00:00:00Z25m

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

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.

1973-03-22T23:00:00Z

1x25 The First Circle

1x25 The First Circle

  • 1973-03-22T23:00:00Z25m

Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

Season Finale

1973-03-29T23:00:00Z

1x26 A Case For the Right

Season Finale

1x26 A Case For the Right

  • 1973-03-29T23:00:00Z25m

The Protectors end up in trouble in the Roman tombs.

Season Premiere

1973-09-20T23:00:00Z

2x01 Quin

Season Premiere

2x01 Quin

  • 1973-09-20T23:00:00Z25m

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

1973-09-27T23:00:00Z

2x02 Bagman

2x02 Bagman

  • 1973-09-27T23:00:00Z25m

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

1973-10-04T23:00:00Z

2x03 Fighting Fund

2x03 Fighting Fund

  • 1973-10-04T23:00:00Z25m

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

1973-10-11T23:00:00Z

2x04 The Last Frontier

2x04 The Last Frontier

  • 1973-10-11T23:00:00Z25m

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

2x05 Baubles, Bangles and Beads

  • 1973-10-18T23:00:00Z25m

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

1973-10-25T23:00:00Z

2x06 Petard

2x06 Petard

  • 1973-10-25T23:00:00Z25m

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

1973-11-02T00:00:00Z

2x07 Goodbye George

2x07 Goodbye George

  • 1973-11-02T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-11-09T00:00:00Z

2x08 Wam (1)

2x08 Wam (1)

  • 1973-11-09T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-11-16T00:00:00Z

2x09 Wam (2)

2x09 Wam (2)

  • 1973-11-16T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-11-23T00:00:00Z

2x10 Implicado

2x10 Implicado

  • 1973-11-23T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-11-30T00:00:00Z

2x11 Dragon Chase

2x11 Dragon Chase

  • 1973-11-30T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-12-07T00:00:00Z

2x12 Decoy

2x12 Decoy

  • 1973-12-07T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-12-14T00:00:00Z

2x13 Border Line

2x13 Border Line

  • 1973-12-14T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-12-21T00:00:00Z

2x14 Zeke's Blues

2x14 Zeke's Blues

  • 1973-12-21T00:00:00Z25m

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

1973-12-28T00:00:00Z

2x15 Lena

2x15 Lena

  • 1973-12-28T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-04T00:00:00Z

2x16 The Bridge

2x16 The Bridge

  • 1974-01-04T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-11T00:00:00Z

2x17 Sugar and Spice

2x17 Sugar and Spice

  • 1974-01-11T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-18T00:00:00Z

2x18 Burning Bush

2x18 Burning Bush

  • 1974-01-18T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-25T00:00:00Z

2x19 The Tiger and the Goat

2x19 The Tiger and the Goat

  • 1974-01-25T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-01T00:00:00Z

2x20 Route 27

2x20 Route 27

  • 1974-02-01T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-08T00:00:00Z

2x21 Trial

2x21 Trial

  • 1974-02-08T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-15T00:00:00Z

2x22 Shadbolt

2x22 Shadbolt

  • 1974-02-15T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-22T00:00:00Z

2x23 A Pocketful of Posies

2x23 A Pocketful of Posies

  • 1974-02-22T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-03-01T00:00:00Z

2x24 Wheels

2x24 Wheels

  • 1974-03-01T00:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-25T00:00:00Z

2x25 The Insider

2x25 The Insider

  • 1974-02-25T00:00:00Z25m

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

Season Finale

1974-03-15T00:00:00Z

2x26 Blockbuster

Season Finale

2x26 Blockbuster

  • 1974-03-15T00:00:00Z25m

The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.

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