Produced by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill, The Protectors was a glossy, stylish series that was one of ITC’s most lavish and ambitious projects, boasting intriguing, action-packed storylines and location filming in some of Europe’s most glamorous cities.
The Protectors are super-agents and adventurers who handle the most sensitive, baffling, dangerous worldwide assignments. They function as a highly trained team, but they know that the next mission might mean death – and they live as if each moment were their last. Robert Vaughn stars as Harry Rule, the suave American who leads their operations and works from a London office; Nyree Dawn Porter is the elegant, Rome-based Contessa di Contini, and Tony Anholt is Paul Buchet, a French agent operating out of a Paris apartment.
John Thaw, Diana Quick, Stephanie Beacham, Peter Bowles, Patrick Troughton and George Baker are among the many stars making guest appearances, while Tony Christie sings the show’s theme tune, Avenues and Alleyways – a UK Top 40 hit on its re-release in 2005. This 7-disc set comprises all 52 half-hour episodes, originally aired between 1972 and 1974.
