The car is the star: Sixties' TV dramas with real pulling power

The opening episode of a new television drama in September 1960 featured Patrick McGoohan driving an Aston Martin DB2/4 through an “Italy” that was very obviously North Wales. Danger Man, for that was its title, was the programme that established the tropes of the Incorporated Television Company’s “International Man of Mystery” genre; a square-jawed hero, a theme tune of distinction and, of course, splendid cars. The directors also made valiant attempts to disguise