Editing Patrick McGoohan (section)

===Return of ''Danger Man''===
After he had also refused the role of [[Simon Templar]] in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'',<ref name="auto"/> Lew Grade asked McGoohan if he wanted to give John Drake another try. This time, McGoohan had even more say about the series. ''Danger Man'' (''Secret Agent'' in the US) was resurrected in 1964 as a one-hour programme. The scripts now allowed McGoohan more range in his acting. Because of the popularity of the series, he became the highest-paid actor in the UK,<ref>{{cite book |title=Time & Tide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1okAQAAIAAJ |date= 1965 |publisher=Time and Tide Publishing Company |volume=46 |page=66 |quote=Danger Man, McGoohan put a new spin on the secret agent formula by refusing to allow his character, John Drake, ... The show's success made McGoohan Britain's highest-paid TV actor}}</ref> and the show lasted almost three more years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46236622 |title=Dangerman |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=33 |issue=5 |date=June 30, 1965 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

After shooting the only two colour episodes of ''Danger Man'', McGoohan told Grade that he would quit the role.<ref>Martin Jackson "Danger Man To Quit", ''Daily Express'', April 16, 1966, p. 12. Jackson states: "Now McGoohan has put up a new TV idea to ATV's managing director Lew Grade." He said: "It is another adventure series but a very different sort of character. It promises to be very exciting. Mr. Grade said: Mr. McGoohan is coming to see me tomorrow to discuss the details. We hope to start work on the new series in October."</ref>