The Protectors

Sep 29, 1972 (en) Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama [55] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 29, 1972
  • Production
    ITC Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    56%
  • Original title
    The Protectors
  • Release
    Sep 29, 1972
  • en
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Reg Hill

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Robert Vaughn

    Harry Rule

  2. Tony Anholt

    Paul Buchet

  3. Nyree Dawn Porter

    Contessa Caroline de Conti

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 3 / Crews : 1

Season 1 ( 1972-09-29)

2,000 ft to Die

Episode: 1

Brother Hood

Episode: 2

See No Evil

Episode: 3

Disappearing Trick

Episode: 4

Ceremony For the Dead

Episode: 5

It Was All Over in Leipzig

Episode: 6

The Quick Brown Fox

Episode: 7

King Con

Episode: 8

Thinkback

Episode: 9

A Kind of Wild Justice

Episode: 10

Balance of Terror

Episode: 11

Triple Cross

Episode: 12

The Numbers Game

Episode: 13

For the Rest of Your Natural ...

Episode: 14

The Bodyguards

Episode: 15

A Matter of Life and Death

Episode: 16

The Big Hit

Episode: 17

One and One Makes One

Episode: 18

Talkdown

Episode: 19

Vocal

Episode: 20

With A Little Help From My Friends

Episode: 21

Chase

Episode: 22

Your Witness

Episode: 23

It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island

Episode: 24

The First Circle

Episode: 25

A Case For the Right

Episode: 26

Season 2 ( 1973-09-21)

Quin

Episode: 1

Bagman

Episode: 2

Fighting Fund

Episode: 3

The Last Frontier

Episode: 4

Baubles, Bangles and Beads

Episode: 5

Petard

Episode: 6

Goodbye George

Episode: 7

Wam (1)

Episode: 8

Wam (2)

Episode: 9

Implicado

Episode: 10

Dragon Chase

Episode: 11

Decoy

Episode: 12

Border Line

Episode: 13

Zeke's Blues

Episode: 14

Lena

Episode: 15

The Bridge

Episode: 16

Sugar and Spice

Episode: 17

Burning Bush

Episode: 18

The Tiger and the Goat

Episode: 19

Route 27

Episode: 20

Trial

Episode: 21

Shadbolt

Episode: 22

A Pocketful of Posies

Episode: 23

Wheels

Episode: 24

The Insider

Episode: 25

Blockbuster

Episode: 26
Sep 29, 1972 (en)
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
[55] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 29, 1972
  • Production
    ITC Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato 56%
Original Title The Protectors
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Reg Hill

    Producer