The Hunting Party

Episode aired Mar 26, 1966
TV-PG
52m

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Investigating several seemingly random leaks, Drake finds they've one thing in common; the wealthy Jordan's - Claudia and Basil. Drake becomes manservant to the very disparate couple, at the... Read allInvestigating several seemingly random leaks, Drake finds they've one thing in common; the wealthy Jordan's - Claudia and Basil. Drake becomes manservant to the very disparate couple, at their chateau in the Loire Valley of France, in order to find our what's so fascinating about... Read allInvestigating several seemingly random leaks, Drake finds they've one thing in common; the wealthy Jordan's - Claudia and Basil. Drake becomes manservant to the very disparate couple, at their chateau in the Loire Valley of France, in order to find our what's so fascinating about the pair..

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A Bird in the Hand... is not always worth two in the bush

No reviews listed for this interesting installment of Danger Man as I pen this one. In fact I was somehow remiss when first posting reviews of all the DM episodes where spy devices were used, so the gadgets listed here are in addition to the running count in my other reviews.

Drake goes undercover once again, this time as the house butler to discover who might be divulging State secrets and exactly how they are be doing it. Our hero of course completed a crash course in butlering in the first season's most outstanding episode 'No Marks For Servility', and he has employed that guise once or twice since.

With 'The Hunting Party' We are only five B&W episodes from the end of this fine series. Yet we find a compelling story and McGoohan fully invested in his character.

In this installment Drake has a few of his now ubiquitous sticky wireless microphones, which the spy master deploys around his employers mansion. The show commits spy gadget adultery when it has us believe that one of the mics is suddenly a speaker, which Drake uses as an outdoor decoy when a hunting party tries to make him the prey.

One new spy gadget takes the form of an umbrella which doubles as a tape recorder, surreptitiously recording a conversation in the House of Commons.

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Trivia
This episode's clothing for Ms Moira Lister were by Mnsr Christian Dior - only one of two episodes to utilise a fashion courtier so well-known at the time. This was done, as her character - Claudia Jordon - was a stylish woman of wealth and taste, living in France (the other episode was outfitting Ms Wendy Craig, in I Can Only Offer You Sherry, as she was a friend of the designer).

Quotes
Basil Jordan: [after a meal, in which Claudia has utterly emasculated her husband, for having never worked a day in his life, and living off her wealth, Basil angrily rises from his far seat at the long dining table, grabs a bottle of brandy, then angrily proclaims] You know, I don't know why you ever married me.
Claudia Jordan: [Cooly popping a grape into her mouth, and icily speaking] You hypnotise me, darling.