The Persuaders!
The Persuaders!

The Persuaders! (1971)

"THE CLASSIC '70S BRITISH CULT ADVENTURE SERIES"

7.6 (124 votes)
1 Season
September 17, 1971
English
Comedy Action & Adventure Crime

Synopsis

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

Network

ITV1

Episodes

Overture
E1

Overture

Sep 17, 1971
49 min
5.4

A retired judge who regrets those criminals he had to let get away arranges for Brett and Danny to meet, and then gets them arrested so that they have the choice of either helping him out in his fight against crime or staying in jail. Their first assignment is to locate an heiress by her heart-shaped birthmark.

The Gold Napoleon
E2

The Gold Napoleon

Sep 24, 1971
49 min
6.4

Danny and Brett must discover whether or not Gold Napoleon coins are the originals, or replicas as a coin dealer claims them to be.

Take Seven
E3

Take Seven

Oct 1, 1971
49 min
7.2

Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose ""long lost brother"" has suddenly appeared, cutting her off from her inheritance.

Greensleeves
E4

Greensleeves

Oct 8, 1971
49 min
8.2

Brett's family mansion seems to have been restored without his knowledge, and taken over by strangers. To find out why, he pretends to be the actor they have hired to impersonate him, and ends up helping the Prime Minister.

Powerswitch
E5

Powerswitch

Oct 15, 1971
49 min
5.8

When the Judge tricks Brett and Danny into identifying a dead woman found floating in the waters of the French Riviera, they end up investigating an international stock swindle.

The Time and the Place
E6

The Time and the Place

Oct 22, 1971
49 min
7.0

Danny runs into political intrigue when he discovers the dead body of a reporter, then can't find it until it turns up in a car crash hours later.

Someone Like Me
E7

Someone Like Me

Oct 29, 1971
49 min
7.3

After Brett loses seven days, Danny thinks Brett is acting strange but Brett thinks someone is impersonating him. They both can't be right.

Anyone Can Play
E8

Anyone Can Play

Nov 5, 1971
49 min
7.0

Danny has to go on the run from enemy agents after his gambling winnings at a Brighton casino turn out to be part of a communist plot to pay off spies when they use the right code words.

The Old, the New and the Deadly
E9

The Old, the New and the Deadly

Nov 12, 1971
49 min
6.0

It seems that everyone including a former Nazi wants a German Eagle statuette, and they think that Danny is the one who has it.

Angie... Angie
E10

Angie... Angie

Nov 19, 1971
49 min
6.0

An childhood friend of Danny's from the Bronx turns out to be a hit man hired to kill an American labor leader on holiday at the Cannes Film Festival.

Chain of Events
E11

Chain of Events

Nov 26, 1971
49 min
7.5

While out camping at Brett's family estate, Danny gets chained to a brief case which he can't get off that contains a bomb.

That's Me Over There
E12

That's Me Over There

Dec 3, 1971
49 min
5.7

In order to catch a war criminal, Danny must impersonate the kidnapped Brett, but how will he explain an English Lord with a Brooklyn accent?

The Long Goodbye
E13

The Long Goodbye

Dec 10, 1971
49 min
7.0

When Danny and Brett find the decade-old dead body of a scientist in a crashed plane in the Scottish Highlands, several women claiming to be his daughter offer them various inducements to part with the formula they found.

The Man in the Middle
E14

The Man in the Middle

Dec 17, 1971
49 min
7.0

When Brett's plan to capture a traitorous British spy by pretending to be him results in his own capture, Danny enlists the aid of one of Brett's relatives to rescue him.

Element of Risk
E15

Element of Risk

Dec 24, 1971
49 min
6.3

At a London airport, a gang of crooks who are planning a bullion heist mistake Danny for a criminal mastermind when the man's suitcase accidentally ends up in Danny's luggage cart.

A Home of One's Own
E16

A Home of One's Own

Dec 31, 1971
49 min
7.7

Danny buys a `handy man's special' cottage in England and discovers that his neighbors are into the occult.

Five Miles to Midnight
E17

Five Miles to Midnight

Jan 7, 1972
49 min
7.7

Trying to open a travel business, Danny and Brett encounter a New York hoodlum who needs to be smuggled out of Italy after he killed an Italian gangster.

Nuisance Value
E18

Nuisance Value

Jan 14, 1972
49 min
6.3

After Danny is accused of kidnapping his blind date, a rich man's spoiled daughter, Brett and Danny decide to help rescue her from the real kidnappers but have problems keeping her rescued.

The Morning After
E19

The Morning After

Jan 21, 1972
49 min
7.0

Brett wakes up one morning and discovers that he got married the night before.

Read and Destroy
E20

Read and Destroy

Jan 28, 1972
49 min
6.0

Seeking sanctuary with his old friend Brett is a spy who plans to publish his memoirs, which contain the name of every NATO, SEATO, and ANZUS agent.

A Death in the Family
E21

A Death in the Family

Feb 4, 1972
49 min
7.7

Brett's relatives are being killed off one by one, so Brett and Danny decide to find the killer before he gets to Brett.

The Ozerov Inheritance
E22

The Ozerov Inheritance

Feb 11, 1972
49 min
6.7

To retain the family jewels, an elderly Russian duchess must present proof of her marriage into the Russian Royal Family, which she says she can do with the help of a journal kept by one of Brett's uncles.

To the Death, Baby
E23

To the Death, Baby

Feb 18, 1972
49 min
6.0

Brett and Danny both end up wooing an heiress after they are asked to break up a romance between a her and a gigolo who is courting her.

Someone Waiting
E24

Someone Waiting

Feb 25, 1972
49 min
6.7

Brett resumes race car driving, only to become the target of someone who is willing to kill him in order to make him stop.

Cast

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Details

Original Title

The Persuaders!

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

24

Production

ITC Entertainment