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📺 Series

The Protectors

📅 1972 ⭐ 5.8 🕐 25 min GB GB

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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 26 episodes
E1
2,000 ft to Die 1972-09-29
E2
Brother Hood 1972-10-06
E3
See No Evil 1972-10-13
E4
Disappearing Trick 1972-10-20
E5
Ceremony For the Dead 1972-10-27
E6
It Was All Over in Leipzig 1972-11-03
E7
The Quick Brown Fox 1972-11-10
E8
King Con 1972-11-17
E9
Thinkback 1972-11-24
E10
A Kind of Wild Justice 1972-12-01
E11
Balance of Terror 1972-12-08
E12
Triple Cross 1972-12-15
E13
The Numbers Game 1972-12-29
E14
For the Rest of Your Natural ... 1973-01-05
E15
The Bodyguards 1973-01-12
E16
A Matter of Life and Death 1973-01-19
E17
The Big Hit 1973-01-26
E18
One and One Makes One 1973-02-02
E19
Talkdown 1973-02-09
E20
Vocal 1973-02-16
E21
With A Little Help From My Friends 1973-02-23
E22
Chase 1973-03-02
E23
Your Witness 1973-03-09
E24
It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island 1973-03-16
E25
The First Circle 1973-03-23
E26
A Case For the Right 1973-03-30
Season 2 26 episodes
E1
Quin 1973-09-21
E2
Bagman 1973-09-28
E3
Fighting Fund 1973-10-05
E4
The Last Frontier 1973-10-12
E5
Baubles, Bangles and Beads 1973-10-19
E6
Petard 1973-10-26
E7
Goodbye George 1973-11-02
E8
Wam (1) 1973-11-09
E9
Wam (2) 1973-11-16
E10
Implicado 1973-11-23
E11
Dragon Chase 1973-11-30
E12
Decoy 1973-12-07
E13
Border Line 1973-12-14
E14
Zeke's Blues 1973-12-21
E15
Lena 1973-12-28
E16
The Bridge 1974-01-04
E17
Sugar and Spice 1974-01-11
E18
Burning Bush 1974-01-18
E19
The Tiger and the Goat 1974-01-25
E20
Route 27 1974-02-01
E21
Trial 1974-02-08
E22
Shadbolt 1974-02-15
E23
A Pocketful of Posies 1974-02-22
E24
Wheels 1974-03-01
E25
The Insider 1974-02-25
E26
Blockbuster 1974-03-15
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