The Decision to produce a further series follows the international success of the earlier half-hour programmes, which have been seen in almost every part of the world, including America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Egypt, Finland, Portugal Cyprus, Bermuda, Poland, Western Germany, Rhodesia, Yugoslavia, Hong Kong, Sweden, Spain, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Malta, The Lebanon, Thailand, Algeria, Iran and elsewhere.

The new programmes are on a more spectacular scale than before, once again with world-wide settings, with big names in support of Patrick McGoohan and made by Britain's top directors.

Ralph Smart, who devised the series, is once again in charge as executive producer.

Patrick McGoohan resumes the identity of John Drake, special security agent, a man taking calculated risks in the cause of better understanding between nations and peoples.

When we meet John Drake again, he is four years older but his idealism remains unchanged, he now works for a special department in London.

He has changed only in certain personal respects. Patrick McGoohan explains: "Drake now finds himself more emotionally involved with the other characters. Maturity has given him a greater depth of understanding. He rebels against some of his assignments. He doesn't really want to do them because he sympathises with the under-dog".

Producer Ralph Smart analyses the changes:
"John Drake is now less cold, cynical and perfect. He is less infallible. He behaves more humanely. He makes mistakes. He is more likeable".

During the first series, John Drake's attitude towards the feminine sex was guarded. He was not afraid of women but he was afraid of falling in love. A man of his character would never treat romance in a light-hearted way. With an innate respect for women, he avoided any entanglements because he felt that the dangerous life he lead would make it unfair to expect any woman to suffer the anxieties of being matrried to him. Marriage would be unfair to Drake too. With the responsibility of a wife and family, he would inevitably feel more cautious in risking a life which was otherwise eniretely his own, with no-one left to suffer if he were killed. Marriage would affect his work.
"But now", Pat McGoohan says, "Drake realises that he is getting older and is not yet married. Basically, he would like the security of home, a marriage and a family and he is beginning to feel that the time is approaching when he must consider this before it is too late. He intends, however, to give up his job before he takes this step.
"This Development is making him change his attitude towards women. They are no longer deliberately out of his reach, potentially dangerous to his own happiness and way of life. He regards them with personal interest and understanding, because one of them might be the woman who appears to him strongly enough to make him break away from his job at last and settle down to a more secure way of living".

This broadened concept of his character is matched with a broader aspect of his job. the stories tackle the professional aspect rather than the political side of his job. They keep apace with the changing world and the world has changed quite considerably since the first "Danger Man" series was produced.