One of my favorite shows as a youngster, I found "Danger Man" on Charge TV accidentally and immediately recognized the musical score, and intro and closing credits ("High Wire", officially named), although it had been 50 years since I'd last seen the show in the U.S. as "Secret Agent". In this episode "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove", we see the appearance of Desmond Llewelyn, or "Q", of logistics and product development in the James Bond movies. He appears recurringly as the doorman to the casino, and later as one of the emergency responders to Mr. Drake's car accident when Drake finally comes to. He had only appeared in one or two of the James Bond movies by that time, "Q" being somewhat disdainful of the playful nature with which 007 treats his inventions, but otherwise quite a list of credits in English TV. His face under the doorman's top hat and long overcoat is quite unmistakable.
This episode certainly has elements that remind one of the future "The Prisoner" short series. This isn't quite unique, in the episode "Don't Nail Him Yet", Mr. Drake tries to get in the head of the culprit and wear him down as he does to one or more of the many "Number Two" characters in "The Prisoner".
There is sometimes speculation that the theme song "Secret Agent Man" was written with the follow on series "The Prisoner" in mind. The sentence in the chorus, "They've given you a number, and taken away your name", would seem to lead one in that direction. However the songwriters P.F. Sloan / Steve Barri composed a quick lead in when several studios were approached by CBS TV, and this short version with the famous guitar riff was expanded into the full length song "Secret Agent Man". It became the series theme song in the United States only, as by that time the series Danger Man in England had already run its course. At the time several James Bond movies had been released and "spy" themed TV shows were quite the rage in the United States and in England by ITC, and the phrase "giving you a number" is thought to refer to Agents being assigned numbers to hide identity, such as 007. There isn't any evidence or statements by the late Mr Sloan that the future "The Prisoner" had even been raised at the time they wrote the intro for "Secret Agent".
This episode certainly has elements that remind one of the future "The Prisoner" short series. This isn't quite unique, in the episode "Don't Nail Him Yet", Mr. Drake tries to get in the head of the culprit and wear him down as he does to one or more of the many "Number Two" characters in "The Prisoner".
There is sometimes speculation that the theme song "Secret Agent Man" was written with the follow on series "The Prisoner" in mind. The sentence in the chorus, "They've given you a number, and taken away your name", would seem to lead one in that direction. However the songwriters P.F. Sloan / Steve Barri composed a quick lead in when several studios were approached by CBS TV, and this short version with the famous guitar riff was expanded into the full length song "Secret Agent Man". It became the series theme song in the United States only, as by that time the series Danger Man in England had already run its course. At the time several James Bond movies had been released and "spy" themed TV shows were quite the rage in the United States and in England by ITC, and the phrase "giving you a number" is thought to refer to Agents being assigned numbers to hide identity, such as 007. There isn't any evidence or statements by the late Mr Sloan that the future "The Prisoner" had even been raised at the time they wrote the intro for "Secret Agent".