An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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Best Episodes of The Persuaders!
A Death in the Family
S1 Ep21
8.0
4th Feb 1972
Brett's relatives are being killed off one by one, so Brett and Danny decide to find the killer before he gets to Brett.
A Home of One's Own
S1 Ep16
7.9
31st Dec 1971
Danny buys a `handy man's special' cottage in England and discovers that his neighbors are into the occult.
Chain of Events
S1 Ep11
7.8
26th Nov 1971
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.
Five Miles to Midnight
S1 Ep17
7.8
7th Jan 1972
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.
The Ozerov Inheritance
S1 Ep22
7.7
11th Feb 1972
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
S1 Ep23
7.7
18th Feb 1972
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.
Greensleeves
S1 Ep4
7.7
8th Oct 1971
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.
Worst Episodes of The Persuaders!
Angie... Angie
S1 Ep10
7.1
19th Nov 1971
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.
Someone Like Me
S1 Ep7
7.2
29th Oct 1971
After Brett loses seven days, Danny thinks Brett is acting strange but Brett thinks someone is impersonating him. They both can't be right.
Element of Risk
S1 Ep15
7.2
24th Dec 1971
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.
Read and Destroy
S1 Ep20
7.2
28th Jan 1972
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.
Take Seven
S1 Ep3
7.3
1st Oct 1971
Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose ""long lost brother"" has suddenly appeared, cutting her off from her inheritance.
The Long Goodbye
S1 Ep13
7.4
10th Dec 1971
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.
Nuisance Value
S1 Ep18
7.4
14th Jan 1972
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 Persuaders! Episode Guide
Overture
S1 Ep1
7.4
17th Sep 1971
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
S1 Ep2
7.6
24th Sep 1971
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
S1 Ep3
7.3
1st Oct 1971
Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose ""long lost brother"" has suddenly appeared, cutting her off from her inheritance.
Greensleeves
S1 Ep4
7.7
8th Oct 1971
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
S1 Ep5
7.4
15th Oct 1971
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
S1 Ep6
7.5
22nd Oct 1971
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
S1 Ep7
7.2
29th Oct 1971
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
S1 Ep8
7.6
5th Nov 1971
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
S1 Ep9
7.6
12th Nov 1971
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
S1 Ep10
7.1
19th Nov 1971
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
S1 Ep11
7.8
26th Nov 1971
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
S1 Ep12
7.5
3rd Dec 1971
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
S1 Ep13
7.4
10th Dec 1971
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
S1 Ep14
7.6
17th Dec 1971
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
S1 Ep15
7.2
24th Dec 1971
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
S1 Ep16
7.9
31st Dec 1971
Danny buys a `handy man's special' cottage in England and discovers that his neighbors are into the occult.
Five Miles to Midnight
S1 Ep17
7.8
7th Jan 1972
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
S1 Ep18
7.4
14th Jan 1972
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
S1 Ep19
7.4
21st Jan 1972
Brett wakes up one morning and discovers that he got married the night before.
Read and Destroy
S1 Ep20
7.2
28th Jan 1972
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
S1 Ep21
8.0
4th Feb 1972
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
S1 Ep22
7.7
11th Feb 1972
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
S1 Ep23
7.7
18th Feb 1972
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
S1 Ep24
7.5
25th Feb 1972
Brett resumes race car driving, only to become the target of someone who is willing to kill him in order to make him stop.
