The Baron
The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Diplomatic Immunity
7.028-09-1966After a robbery in his london shop, antique dealer John Mannering a.k.a. The Baron, is persuaded by Templeton-Green to work for Diplomatic Intelligence. He travels behind the Iron...
- Ep 2
2.Epitaph for a Hero
7.005-10-1966Mannering attends the funeral of Jim Carey, a former army colleague. After receiving a message that Carey is still alive, Mannering agrees to go undercover for Templeton-Green. An...
- Ep 3
3.Something for a Rainy Day
7.012-10-1966The Baron does a deal with a scheming insurance agent to recover a £ 100,000 Aztec mask from an ex-con. However the former crook's gang leader has a different idea and will even hu...
- Ep 4
4.Red Horse, Red Rider
7.019-10-1966When Mannering gets a message to buy The Four Horsemen, he travels to Khakania, a country gripped in civil war. The Horseman are a famous statue worth over $1m. The money from the...
- Ep 5
5.Enemy of the State
7.026-10-1966An undercover British agent is caught in an Eastern Bloc country and names Mannering as his contact. The Baron and Cordelia are in the country to pass over some money. They are war...
- Ep 6
6.Masquerade (1)
7.002-11-1966Mannering is invited by Sir Frederick Alton to his country home. When he enters the house he hears a woman crying for help. As he goes to help he's knocked unconscious. He wakes up...
- Ep 7
7.The Killing (2)
7.009-11-1966The Baron has to convince Cordelia who he is, but he still has to play the part for his captors. He manages to get rid of Revell and the gang head to London. However, one of the ga...
- Ep 8
8.The Persuaders
7.016-11-1966David Marlowe is kidnapped from Mannering's shop. For his release he must sell a false Renoir to Sir Robert Ellacott. Mannering calls on Templeton-Green for help. The Baron follows...
- Ep 9
9.And Suddenly You're Dead
7.023-11-1966The Baron and Cordelia are in Switzerland when they bump into Peter Franklin, an old friend of Cordelia. Franklin, who is a CIA agent, has stolen the latest strain in a deadly viru...
- Ep 10
10.The Legions of Ammak
7.030-11-1966Mannering is asked by an eccentric millionaire to witness him purchase The Legions of Ammrak, a golden necklace that contains seven perfectly matched black pearls. The Baron identi...
- Ep 11
11.Samurai West
07-12-1966The sale of a 5000 year old Samurai sword gives the Baron trouble. When the seller, Asano, bumps into an old enemy, Norman Sterling, at Mannering's apartment, Sterling promises to...
- Ep 12
12.The Maze
14-12-1966Mannering stops up to pick up a petrified girl in a country lane, as they drive away they are shot at and crash off the road. When he comes to, he keeps having flashbacks that feat...
- Ep 13
13.Portrait of Louisa
21-12-1966Louisa Trenton, an old friend of Mannering is in trouble. When she sells the Baron some rare family miniatures he offers his help but she declines. Later when she calls for his hel...
- Ep 14
14.There's Someone Close Behind You
28-12-1966Mannering gets a tip-off that there will be a robbery at the Lynstead Collection. The police and the Baron lie in wait but one of the policemen is killed by the gang leader, Greg W...
- Ep 15
15.Storm Warning (1)
04-01-1967The Baron and Cordelia are at the Macao docks checking a shipment of antiques. A missing crate leads to Cordelia witnessing a murder on baord a cargo ship. When she is held prisone...
- Ep 16
16.The Island (2)
11-01-1967With the ship arriving at the island to deliver its cargo, Mannering learns of the plot to steal an American space capsule. Via the ship's radio he alerts the US Navy of the plot....
- Ep 17
17.Time to Kill
18-01-1967 - Ep 18
18.A Memory of Evil
25-01-1967 - Ep 19
19.You Can't Win Them All
01-02-1967 - Ep 20
20.The High Terrace
08-02-1967 - Ep 21
21.The Seven Eyes of Night
15-02-1967 - Ep 22
22.Night of the Hunter
22-02-1967 - Ep 23
23.The Edge of Fear
01-03-1967 - Ep 24
24.Long Ago and Far Away
08-03-1967 - Ep 25
25.So Dark the Night
15-03-1967 - Ep 26
26.The Long, Long Day
22-03-1967 - Ep 27
27.Roundabout
29-03-1967Mannering discovers that his Paris shop is being used as a front for drug trafficking.
- Ep 28
28.The Man Outside
05-04-1967 - Ep 29
29.Countdown
12-04-1967 - Ep 30
30.Farewell to Yesterday
19-04-1967
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