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The Protectors : Season 2
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Air date: 21 Sep '73 - 26 episodesThe 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...
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List of Episodes (26)
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1. Quin
21 Sep '73Harry travels to Spain in order to track down a bounty hunter named Quin.
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2. Bagman
28 Sep '73The Protectors are called to deliver the ransom for the kidnapped daughter of a Danish aristocrat.
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3. Fighting Fund
05 Oct '73A revolutionary group steals and auctions off a priceless art collection in order to purchase dynamite to fund their cause.
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4. The Last Frontier
12 Oct '73The Protectors are hired to smuggle into Britain a Russian scientist who wishes to marry her childhood sweetheart.
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5. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
19 Oct '73In 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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6. Petard
26 Oct '73The Protectors go after industrial spies who are threatening to topple a chemical company by scooping their best products.
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7. Goodbye George
02 Nov '73Alone 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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8. Wam (1)
09 Nov '73In 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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9. Wam (2)
16 Nov '73In 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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10. Implicado
23 Nov '73In 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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11. Dragon Chase
30 Nov '73In Britain, Harry is called on to protect a Russian author from publishing his anti-socialist book.
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12. Decoy
07 Dec '73An 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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13. Border Line
14 Dec '73The Protectors are hired by a Hungarian actress wanting to bury her now deceased revolutionary father in their homeland.
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14. Zeke's Blues
21 Dec '73Harry's college friend Zeke, a pianist, is blackmailed into setting Harry up by mobsters.
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15. Lena
28 Dec '73In Venice, Harry aids Lena, a journalist, expose a corrupt politician.
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16. The Bridge
04 Jan '74Undercover as an explosives expert, Harry seeks to rescue a kidnapped girl and prevent a bridge bombing.
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17. Sugar and Spice
11 Jan '74In 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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18. Burning Bush
18 Jan '74Harry masquerades as a drunk in order to get a Canadian heiress out of a cult.
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19. The Tiger and the Goat
25 Jan '74The Contessa is used to lure her former lover, a British spy, out into the open.
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20. Route 27
01 Feb '74Knowing where a huge stash of heroin is hidden, Harry confronts the drug dealers.
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21. Trial
08 Feb '74The Protectors are called upon when the father of a man on trial for murdering a policeman goes after the judge.
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22. Shadbolt
15 Feb '74Harry is stalked on a train by Shadbolt, a professional assassin.
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23. A Pocketful of Posies
22 Feb '74Harry Rule is called upon to see if Eartha Kitt's (guest star)home is haunted.
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24. Wheels
01 Mar '74The Protectors are hired to discretely research stolen secret Swiss bank account information.
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25. The Insider
25 Feb '74The Protectors aid a movie director in the retrieval of film being held for ransom.
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