The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

ITV1 Ended Comedy

1 Season · 13 Episodes · Premiered September 15, 1974 · Ended December 20, 1974

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs was a 30-minute British television comedy series created by Bernard McKenna & Richard Laing and produced by Humphrey Barclay for LWT. It was transmitted on the ITV network 15 September - 20 December 1974 and featured David Jason as the inept Edgar Briggs, personal assistant to the Commander of the British Secret Intelligence Service who, in spite of his cluelessness, manages to solve case after case. It has been likened to the earlier American series Get Smart.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes
E01
A Dinner Date with Death
Sun, Sep 15 1974 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E02
The Defector
Sun, Sep 22 1974 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E03
The Leak
Sun, Sep 29 1974 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E04
The Escape Route
Sun, Oct 6 1974 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E05
The Traitor
Fri, Oct 25 1974 6:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E06
The Abduction
Fri, Nov 1 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E07
The Exchange
Fri, Nov 8 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E08
The Courier
Fri, Nov 15 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E09
The KGB
Fri, Nov 22 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E10
The Drawing
Fri, Nov 29 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E11
The President
Fri, Dec 6 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E12
The Appointment
Fri, Dec 13 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E13
The Contact
Fri, Dec 20 1974 7:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
David Jason
David Jason as Edgar Briggs
Michael Stainton
Michael Stainton as Buxton
Mark Eden
Mark Eden as Spencer
Noel Coleman
Noel Coleman as The Commander
Barbara Angell
Barbara Angell as Jennifer Briggs
David Webb as Leuschner

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