Dangerous Assignment            

Last Edited: 31-May-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

A Cold War spy series that ran from 1949 to 1953. All episodes were broadcast on the NBC network.

Many files are incorrectly named and some websites are inaccurate as well. I used the following website as a reference:
http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dangerous-Assignment.html 

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
09-Jul-1949	1	Thropp Foundation Stolen Relief Supplies Location: Messina, Sicily	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:39, 6954, M
16-Jul-1949	2	Investigate Malayan Star Line Sabotage Location: Saigon, French Indochina	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:35, 6935, M
23-Jul-1949	3	On Safari for Nigerian Manganese Location: Nigeria, West Africa	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:05, 6818, M
30-Jul-1949	4
06-Aug-1949	5	Investigate Millionaire Murder Conspiracy Location: Paris, France	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:36, 6939, M
13-Aug-1949	6	Smash Illegal Alien Smuggling Ring Location: Masimbra, Portugal	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:28, 6910, M
20-Aug-1949	7	Recover File No. 307 Location: Zurich, Switzerland	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:31, 6920, M
06-Feb-1950	2-1	Find Bill Thorne and Missing Japanese Weapons Location: San Miguel, Panama	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	28:48, 5041, M
13-Feb-1950	2-2	Investigate Who Stabbed Captain Rocq Location: Tangiers, North Africa	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:29, 6912, M
20-Feb-1950	2-3	Recover Stolen Radar Plans Location: Athens, Greece	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:23, 6891, M
06-Mar-1950	2-5	Recover Wire Recorder Spool Location: San Diego, California	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Stacy Harris, Don Diamond, Betty Lou Gerson, Lou Krugman, Raymond Burr written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
20-Mar-1950	2-6	International Blackmail Location: San Diego, California	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Max Hudhowe	29:35, 6935, M
27-Mar-1950	2-7	Renew Sheik Haroun's Uranium Deal Location: Cairo, Egypt	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	29:14, 6856, M
10-Apr-1950	2-8	Recover Underwater Demolition Secrets Location: Trinidad	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	28:47, 6747, M
17-Apr-1950	2-9	Investigate Flying Saucers Location: Santa Rosa, Ecuador	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Max Hudhowe	28:38, 6715, M
24-Apr-1950	2-10	Investigate Missing Scientists Location: Fairbanks, Alaska	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	28:24, 6661, M
03-May-1950 schedule Jange	2-11	Find Szabo and The Briefcase Location: Paris, France	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf directed by Bill Karn	28:21, 6646, M
10-May-1950	2-12	Smash Lecture Circuit Spy Ring Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Paul Frees, Sherm Ellis, Jean Lakewood, Don Diamond written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
17-May-1950	2-13	Find 100,000 Barrels of Missing Oil Location: Persian Gulf	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	29:09, 6835, M
24-May-1950	2-14	Solve Kent Jackson's Murder Location: Rangoon, Burma	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:26, 6668, M
31-May-1950	2-15	Administer 'Little White Pill' Antidote Location: The Balkans	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:30, 6680, M
07-Jun-1950	2-16	Find Champlin and His Reel of Tape Location: Istanbul, Turkey	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:26, 6666, M
21-Jun-1950	2-17?	Lefty and Sam?		28:26, 6665, M
26-Jul-1950	2-18	Find Guerilla Chief and Stop Him Location: Yabnei, Indochina	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:50, 6762, M
02-Aug-1950	2-19	Recover Lost Troop Movement Documents Location: Vienna, Austria	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	27:41,6493, M
09-Aug-1950	2-20	Defeat African Hate Campaign Location: Secondi, Africa	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	27:46, 6511, M
16-Aug-1950	2-21	Find Hired Killer Lupac Location: Paris, France	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:54, 6775, M
23-Aug-1950	2-22	Beat the Gun Runners to S. Gouda Location: Bombay, India	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:50, 6761, M
30-Aug-1950	2-23	Recover Stolen Missle Plans On Microfilm Location: London, England	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	27:32, 4841, M low bandwidth
06-Sep-1950	2-24	Keep Chromite Mine Operating Location: Larno, The Balkans	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
20-Sep-1950	2-25	Contact Lefty, The Trained Seal Location: Istanbul, Turkey	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	28:26, 6665, M
27-Sep-1950	2-26	Retrieve Slarga From Latin America Location: Rio Gordo Bridge, Latin America	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
29-Sep-1950 schedule Jange	2-27	Smash Forged Identification Papers Ring Location: Miami and Trinidad	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
06-Oct-1950	2-28	Contact Marta Gelber and Smash Sabotage Location: Tokyo, Japan	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
25-Nov-1950	2-32	Recover Paul Sarvich from Guerilla Camp Location: Indo-China	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
02-Dec-1950	2-33	Dispel Alleged Overthrow Plot Location: Sonoma, South America	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
09-Dec-1950	2-34	Smash Berlin Kidnapping Ring Location: West Berlin, Germany	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
16-Dec-1950	2-35	Recover Missing Civil War Map Location: Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
30-Dec-1950	2-37	Intercept Dr. Korvel Before Opposition Location: Risma, Eastern Europe	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
06-Jan-1951	2-38	Recover 'Operation Fish Hook' Data Location: Haiti	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
13-Jan-1951	2-39	Find Missing Scientist Dr. Wieczek Location: Madrid, Spain	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
20-Jan-1951	2-40	Recover Missing Arctic Warfare Report Location: Quebec; Paris, France; Istanbul	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
27-Jan-1951	2-41	Prevent Minority Party Revolution Location: Cairo, Egypt A Box Of Busted Bells	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
03-Feb-1951	2-42	Raiders on the Rubber Plantations Location: Malaya	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
10-Feb-1951	2-43	Recover The Kroner Cutlass Location: Eastern Europe	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
24-Feb-1951	23-45	Retrieve Data On Nazi Buzz Bombs Location: The Bronx, London, Denmark and Holland	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
03-Mar-1951	2-46	Prevent Disclosure of Compromised Codes Location: London, England	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping, wow
10-Mar-1951	2-47	Solve Your Own Murder Location: Roquel, South America	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
24-Mar-1951	2-49	Recover Stolen Dynamite Location: The Canal Zone, Panama	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Stacy Harris, Mel Brown, Kaye Stewart, Byron Kane, Don Diamond, Raymond Hartman written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
07-Apr-1951	2-51	Recover File 72, Seal Unbroken Location: Ketnik, The Balkans	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Paul Doboff, Raymond Burr, Don Diamond written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
14-Apr-1951	2-52	Recover Stolen U.N. Documents Location: The Middle East	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Jan Arvan, Paul Doboff, Shep Makin, Wally Mayer, Don Diamond written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
21-Apr-1951	2-53	Retrieve Gouczek from French Riviera Location: French Riviera	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Al Gerard, Lynne Allen, Fritz Bell written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
28-Apr-1951	2-54	Smash Outlaw Propaganda Broadcasts Location: The Balkans	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Paul Frees, Shep Makin, Stacy Harris, Jean Bates, Tim Graham, Don Diamond written by Bob Ri fe(?) and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
04-May-1951	2-55	Find Rudolf Karpel Location: Rotterdam, Holland	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Barbara Wentworth, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Sydney Miller, Barney Phillips written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
11-May-1951	2-56	Find Cause of Landsberg Epidemic Location: Landsberg, Germany	Brian Donlevy written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
18-May-1951	2-57	Find Operation 'Hot Foot' Microbes Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Paul Frees, Herb Ellis, Jean Lakewood, Don Diamond written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
19-Jun-1951	2-58	Stop Suspicious Explosions Location: Tokyo, Japan	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
26-Jun-1951	2-59	Find Source of Suspect Dictation Cylinder Location: Rome, Italy	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Stacy Harris, Don Diamond, Betty Lou Gerson, Lou Krugman, Raymond Burr written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
03-Jul-1951	2-60	Did the Lobbyist Hartley Kill Borrego Location: South America	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, Bill Johnson written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
10-Jul-1951	2-61	Stop 'Shanghai Lady' and the China Sea Smuggling Location: Luzon, The Philippines	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, Irene Winston, Paul Duboff, Dean Taylor written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
10-Mar-1952	2-95	Find American Traitor Eli Bryant Location: Australia	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Kaye Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy, Don Morrison, Ben Wright written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot	32:00, 13126, M clipping
22-Oct-1952	125	Recover Document from Butterfly Chasers		32:00, 13126, M
05-Nov-1952		supposedly pre-empted for political speeches		32:00, 13126, M
12-Nov-1952	127	Recover Diplomatic File from 'Mr. Alexander'		32:00, 13126, M
19-Nov-1952	128	Retrieve Emerson from Private Sanatorium		32:00, 13126, M
26-Nov-1952	129	Stop Coded-Secret Peddlers		32:00, 13126, M
17-Dec-1952	132	Defeat Road Project Sabotage		32:00, 13126, M
24-Dec-1952	133	Smash Lecture Circuit Spy Ring		32:00, 13126, M
31-Dec-1952	134	Retrieve Stolen Atomic Secrets		32:00, 13126, M
07-Jan-1953	135	Smash Gun-Running Operation		32:00, 13126, M
14-Jan-1953	136	Smash The 'Blue Lion' Passport Racket		32:00, 13126, M
21-Jan-1953	137	Smash Strategic Materials Leaks		32:00, 13126, M
28-Jan-1953	138	Get Evidence to Nail 'Mr. Charon'		32:00, 13126, M
04-Feb-1953	139	Bring Back Physicist Arnold Freed		32:00, 13126, M
11-Feb-1953	140	Resolve Strategic Mining Lease 'Family Squabble'		32:00, 13126, M
18-Feb-1953	141	Resolve Doctor Mitsuko Scandal		32:00, 13126, M
25-Feb-1953	142	Smash Black Market Jewel Ring		32:00, 13126, M
04-Mar-1953	143	Retrieve Peter Mettnick--Alive		32:00, 13126, M
11-Mar-1953	144	Track Down 'Ghost Ship'		32:00, 13126, M
18-Mar-1953	145	Nail Mr. Big of 'The Bureau'		32:00, 13126, M
25-Mar-1953	2-146	Find Antonina Aquirre Location: Lisbon, Portugal	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	23:37, 5537, s
01-Apr-1953	2-147	Rescue Rick Perez from Caribbean Legion Location: Puerto Montego, Venezuela	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	32:00, 13126, M clipping
15-Apr-1953	149	Find Lenny Fenway and Get Him Out of Tibet		32:00, 13126, M
22-Apr-1953	150	Bait A Trap with 'Nikolai Debarov'		32:00, 13126, M
29-Apr-1953	2-151	Put An End To Anti-Submarine Base Sabotage Location: Rabaul, New Guinea	Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, Ben Wright, Barbara Wentworth, Roy Irwin, Paul Frees, Betty Lou Gerson written by Bob Ryf and Adrian Gendot produced and directed by Bill Karn	25:10, 5874, M
06-May-1953	152	Intercept Strategic Materials Smuggling Ring		32:00, 13126, M
13-May-1953	153	Get The Man Trying To Sabotage Cooperation Talks		32:00, 13126, M
20-May-1953	154	Recover Stolen Blueprints		32:00, 13126, M
27-May-1953	155	Find A Hired Assassin		32:00, 13126, M
24-Jun-1953	159	Grab James C. Stroller		32:00, 13126, M
01-Jul-1953	160	Find Anthony Targou		32:00, 13126, M

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Australian Productions (1955)