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Season 1

  • S01E01 2,000 ft to Die

    • September 29, 1972
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E02 Brother Hood

    • October 6, 1972
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    A wealthy recluse hires the Protectors to break his brother out of prison.

  • S01E03 See No Evil

    • October 13, 1972
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    While in Rome the Protectors try to help a senator who is being blackmailed.

  • S01E04 Disappearing Trick

    • October 20, 1972
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    The Contessa ends up putting her life in danger when she agrees to help an old friend win a wager by making him disappear.

  • S01E05 Ceremony for the Dead

    • October 27, 1972
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    The wife of a president hires the Protectors to guard her critically ill husband whom she fears may be kidnapped.

  • S01E06 It Was All Over in Leipzig

    • November 3, 1972
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    While investigating a plot to overthrow the government of a Mediterranean nation the Protectors end up confronting two old friends of the Contessa, one whom with she was romantically involved with.

  • S01E07 The Quick Brown Fox

    • November 10, 1972
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    The West German government hires the Protectors to put a pension fund that is supporting fugitive Nazi's out of business.

  • S01E08 King Con

    • November 17, 1972
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    The Protectors devise an elaborate con to recover a priceless antique which a woman had been conned out of.

  • S01E09 Thinkback

    • November 24, 1972
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    Harry and the Contessa are the victims of a car crash that was engineered to get information out of them.

  • S01E10 A Kind of Wild Justice

    • December 1, 1972
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    The daughter of a gangster whom Harry helped put in prison fails twice in her efforts to kill Harry.

  • S01E11 Balance of Terror

    • December 8, 1972
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    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.

  • S01E12 Triple Cross

    • December 15, 1972
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    A kidnapped Paul will be blown to bits unless Harry and the Contessa help steal jewels which they have been hired to safeguard.

  • S01E13 The Numbers Game

    • December 29, 1972
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    The Protectors only hope of putting a drug smuggling ring out of business lies in being able to decode a coded letter.

  • S01E14 For the Rest of Your Natural...

    • January 5, 1973
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    The Contessa is captured by a psychotic killer who puts her on trial for her life.

  • S01E15 The Bodyguards

    • January 12, 1973
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    The police hire the Protectors to guard the corpse of a bank robber as part of a ruse to capture his accomplices.

  • S01E16 A Matter of Life and Death

    • January 19, 1973
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    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.

  • S01E17 The Big Hit

    • January 26, 1973
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    After unsuccessful attempts on their lives, Paul and the Contessa are too late to warn Harry that someone is out to kill him.

  • S01E18 One and One Makes One

    • February 2, 1973
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    The Protectors are hired to track down Bennett, a missing Canadian agent who holds valuable information about a new American-Canadian sky project.

  • S01E19 Talkdown

    • February 9, 1973
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    Harry must land a small plane on his own when the pilot dies.

  • S01E20 Vocal

    • February 16, 1973
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    Drug dealers plan on using someone who can impersonate Harry's voice in order to get information out of a blinded Paul.

  • S01E21 ...With a Little Help from My Friends

    • February 23, 1973
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    Harry finds his family being threatened after he agrees to guard a visiting president in London.

  • S01E22 Chase

    • March 2, 1973
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    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.

  • S01E23 Your Witness

    • March 9, 1973
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    An important witness to a murder who doesn't want the Protectors protection, vanishes soon after she is placed in the Protectors charge.

  • S01E24 It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island

    • March 16, 1973
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    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.

  • S01E25 The First Circle

    • March 23, 1973
    • ITV1

    Harry is hired to protect a disturbed Vietnam war veteran.

  • S01E26 A Case for the Right

    • March 30, 1973
    • ITV1

    The Protectors end up in trouble in the Roman tombs.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Quin

    • September 21, 1973
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    Harry travels to Spain in order to track down a bounty hunter named Quin.

  • S02E02 Bagman

    • September 28, 1973
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    The Protectors are called to deliver the ransom for the kidnapped daughter of a Danish aristocrat.

  • S02E03 Fighting Fund

    • October 5, 1973
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    A revolutionary group steals and auctions off a priceless art collection in order to purchase dynamite to fund their cause.

  • S02E04 The Last Frontier

    • October 12, 1973
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    The Protectors are hired to smuggle into Britain a Russian scientist who wishes to marry her childhood sweetheart.

  • S02E05 Baubles, Bangles and Beads

    • October 19, 1973
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    In Denmark, a young woman and her father call on the Protectors to deliver a huge ransom for a stolen jewelry shipment.

  • S02E06 Petard

    • October 26, 1973
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    The Protectors go after industrial spies who are threatening to topple a chemical company by scooping their best products.

  • S02E07 Goodbye George

    • November 2, 1973
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    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.

  • S02E08 WAM (1)

    • November 9, 1973
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E09 WAM (2)

    • November 16, 1973
    • ITV1
  • S02E10 Implicado

    • November 23, 1973
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    In Spain, an English boy is framed and arrested on drug charges after a drug dealer plants some hash in his backpack.

  • S02E11 Dragon Chase

    • November 30, 1973
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E12 Decoy

    • December 7, 1973
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    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.

  • S02E13 Border Line

    • December 14, 1973
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    The Protectors are hired by a Hungarian actress wanting to bury her now deceased revolutionary father in their homeland.

  • S02E14 Zeke's Blues

    • December 21, 1973
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    Harry's college friend Zeke, a pianist, is blackmailed into setting Harry up by mobsters.

  • S02E15 Lena

    • December 28, 1973
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    In Venice, Harry aids Lena, a journalist, expose a corrupt politician.

  • S02E16 The Bridge

    • January 4, 1974
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    Undercover as an explosives expert, Harry seeks to rescue a kidnapped girl and prevent a bridge bombing.

  • S02E17 Sugar and Spice

    • January 11, 1974
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    In order to protect the daughter of a rich industrialist who has received threats against her life, Harry poses as her tutor.

  • S02E18 Burning Bush

    • January 18, 1974
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    Harry masquerades as a drunk in order to get a Canadian heiress out of a cult.

  • S02E19 The Tiger and the Goat

    • January 25, 1974
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    The Contessa is used to lure her former lover, a British spy, out into the open.

  • S02E20 Route 27

    • February 1, 1974
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E21 Trial

    • February 8, 1974
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E22 Shadbolt

    • February 15, 1974
    • ITV1

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

  • S02E23 A Pocketful of Posies

    • February 22, 1974
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    Harry Rule is called upon to see if Eartha Kitt's (guest star)home is haunted.

  • S02E24 Wheels

    • March 1, 1974
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    The Protectors are hired to discretely research stolen secret Swiss bank account information.

  • S02E25 The Insider

    • February 25, 1974
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    The Protectors aid a movie director in the retrieval of film being held for ransom.

  • S02E26 Blockbuster

    • March 15, 1974
    • ITV1

    The Protectors chase after a stolen platinum shipment.