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- The Protectors are three independently wealthy private detectives - American Harry Rule, living in London, Caroline who was married to an Italian Count, and Paris-based art expert Paul Buchet. They are approached by Freddie Reiwald, a scientist working on a means of perfecting synthetic gold, whose four colleagues have all died in mysterious circumstances. Freddie is about to perform a stunt parachute jump with a man called Ransome, and the killers have abducted Ransome's girlfriend, threatening to murder her unless he lets Freddie die. The Protectors must find her before the stunt takes place.
- In Rome Harry and Caroline are approached to deliver a case to Prince Carpiano at his villa but its contents are such that they have to fight off two attempts to obtain it. Then they realise that it is carrying a bomb; they have been used as decoys whilst another courier takes the genuine article to the prince. In fact its contents are the funding for a proposed right wing coup devised by the prince. The Protectors must stop him.
- Harry is the target of a failed assassination attempt by Kate Lindermann, whose gangster father he helped bring to justice and who died in prison. She believes her father was innocent and that Harry framed him. In order for her to learn the truth, Harry arranges for Kate to meet two former associates of her father, only to discover that the so-called attempt on his life was a set-up and he has been led into a trap.
- The Protectors are assigned to locate Professor Schelpin, a scientist who has defected from Russia to the West. In fact he surfaces at a conference where he declares his intention to demonstrate the evils of germ warfare, before disappearing again. The Protectors discover that he has a phial of germ warfare toxin, which he plans to release on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing and must be stopped.
- Caroline is taken prisoner by escaped murderer Colin Grant, a man whom she helped to imprison. She is taken to Grant's hide-out where he has assembled a mock court-room, with himself as prosecutor and cardboard cut-out figures as jurors to decide if Caroline deserves to live. As the other Protectors hunt for her, she comes to see that Grant is playing out the events of the death of his mother, the cause of his insanity.
- Alan Sutherland, a suave con-man who preys on women, swindles Caroline's friend Irena out of the possession of a 12th-century icon. Caroline buys back the icon at an auction and, joined by Harry posing as a millionaire, they devise a con trick of their own to play on Sullivan, which involves his putting up eighty-five thousand pounds of his own for ownership of a supposedly priceless ring.
- The Protectors are out to rescue Bennett, a Canadian agent in possession of American-Canadian defence plans, who has been captured by the Russian Shkoder and taken to a clinic in Paris. After faking a car accident the Protectors gain access to the clinic and locate Bennett. However they must work out if it is Bennett himself or a Russian decoy made to resemble him through the use of plastic surgery.
- In a story which unfolds in reverse, Harry is alone on an unpiloted plane and we see how he got there. He was abducted by Colin Foster, who blames Harry for his brother's death. Foster flew the plane to take-off but then he parachuted out, leaving Harry, who has no pilot skills, to require Paul's on the ground assistance to talk him down.
- Following the murders of two members of the Protectors in New York and Japan and an attempt to kill Paul, it is apparent that somebody is out to eliminate the Protectors organization. Next, Harry is abducted by the henchmen of Jason Howard, who is the man behind the killings. He is taken to a factory owned by Howard, where he is told that he will be crushed to death unless he supplies the names and locations of all members of the Protectors.
- On the trail of runaway Susan Crediton, the Protectors find that she is involved in a strange numbers game, taking down the registration plate numbers of cars, one of which is owned by Laurence Savage, a noted heart surgeon. The cars are used to smuggle heroin and, after trailing Savage, Harry arrives in Spain to confront the boss of the organization.
- Caroline is asked by British Intelligence to act as a 'goat' to act as decoy to catch a 'tiger'. An ex-boyfriend of hers is a spy and she is told that he is the potential victim of an assassination plot, which she is brought in to foil. However, when the man tells her that he has resigned as an agent, Caroline sees that she has been employed under false pretences. She is indeed a decoy and only Paul can save her.
- Anne Gordon seeks the help of the Protectors. Her son John is on trial for a crime that he did not commit though her fears are actually for her husband Arthur. He is a disturbed mental patient who has gone missing after hearing about the trial. The judge in charge of John's case is Judge Cronin and the Protectors must prevent Arthur from killing him.
- Paul is taken prisoner by a crook named Charlie, who connects him to a time bomb, which he will detonate unless Harry and Caroline steal a consignment of valuable jewels for which they are acting as couriers. A reluctant Harry makes the switch of the packet of jewels but, arriving at Paul's prison, finds Charlie dead and the bomb still ticking.
- The Protectors are involved in ling gang but it all goes wrong. The gang escapes and Paul is left temporarily blinded. The gang, aware of Harry's association with Paul, employ Vickers, another American, to impersonate him in order to get the sightless Paul to give him as much information as he can about the Protectors, in particular Caroline.
- 1972–197425mTV-146.8 (47)TV EpisodeHarry is appointed as the bodyguard for a visiting Middle Eastern president but his ex-wife Laura turns up in a frantic state. The president's political opponent Kahan has had the Rule's son Johnny kidnapped and he will be harmed unless Harry shoots the president. A charade follows in which Harry appears to do as he is ordered and Caroline then kills Harry.
- Harry is pleased to meet up again with an old college friend of his, Zeke, who is playing jazz piano in a local night club. Unfortunately Harry is unaware that Zeke's sudden re-entry back into his life is no coincidence. In actual fact Zeke is being blackmailed by mobsters with whom he has got into debt into setting Harry up as a target for his enemies. Will Zeke be able to go through with it or will he save his old friend from his fate?