Publisher's Synopsis
The entire first series of the 1970s TV thriller following the exploits of crimefighters Harry Rule, Paul Bouchet and Countess Caroline di Contini. In '2000 Feet to Die' a skydiving chum of Harry's is endangered by villains. 'Brother Hood' sees the team hired to orchestrate a prison break. 'Disappearing Trick' finds the Contessa helping out with a magical disappearing act. 'Your Witness' has a murder witness disappear while under the team's protection. 'Quick Brown Fox' sees Harry, Paul and the Contessa on the trail of some Nazi fugitives. 'Numbers Game' finds the Protectors trying their hand at a spot of codebreaking. 'Triple Cross' has Harry and the Contessa in an uncomfortable situation when they are ordered to steal some jewels in order to save the life of the kidnapped Paul. 'A Kind of Wild Justice' sees Harry's life endangered by the daughter of an old nemesis. In 'One and One Makes One' the Protectors come up against some duplicitious thinking when they agree to rescue an imprisoned Canadian agent. 'See No Evil' has the team get involved in a blackmail case. 'Balance of Terror' sees Harry, Paul and the Contessa struggle to save London from the devastation of biological warfare. 'King Con' finds our heroes involved in a con game as they attempt to retrieve an expensive antique. In 'The Big Hit' Paul and the Contessa narrowly escape assassination attempts and try to warn Harry that he is probably next. 'Thinkback' has Harry and the Contessa involved in a suspicious car crash. 'The First Circle' sees a Vietnam veteran come to the team for help. 'Chase' finds Harry running for his life when a blackmail investigation turns sour. In 'With a Little Help From My Friends' Harry has some family trouble when he agrees to serve as a bodyguard for a visiting head-of-state. 'For the Rest of Your Natural' has the Contessa captured by a psychopath. 'The Bodyguards' sees the team charged with protecting a corpse. 'Talkdown' finds Harry up in an airplane with a dead pilot on his hands. 'A Case for the Right' has the Protectors take a tour of some Roman tombs. 'A Matter of Life and Death' sees the team visit Malta and attempt to foil some smugglers. 'It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island' finds the team chasing a poodle. 'Vocal' has Paul blinded and Harry impersonated. 'It Was All Over Lepzig' sees the Contessa confront an old lover. Finally, in 'Ceremony For the Dead', the Protectors look after a critically-ill president. Watch out for the hit theme tune sung by Tony Christie, 'In the Avenues and Alleyways'.