EndedComedy
The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
1974 · ITV1 · 30 min · 1 season
Latest episode
S01E13 · The Contact
Sat, 21 Dec, 6:00 am
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
A Dinner Date with Death
Mon, 16 Sept· 30 min - E02
The Defector
Mon, 23 Sept· 30 min - E03
The Leak
Mon, 30 Sept· 30 min - E04
The Escape Route
Mon, 7 Oct· 30 min - E05
The Traitor
Sat, 26 Oct· 30 min - E06
The Abduction
Sat, 2 Nov· 30 min - E07
The Exchange
Sat, 9 Nov· 30 min - E08
The Courier
Sat, 16 Nov· 30 min - E09
The KGB
Sat, 23 Nov· 30 min - E10
The Drawing
Sat, 30 Nov· 30 min - E11
The President
Sat, 7 Dec· 30 min - E12
The Appointment
Sat, 14 Dec· 30 min - E13
The Contact
Sat, 21 Dec· 30 min
Cast
David Jason
Edgar Briggs
Michael Stainton
Buxton
Mark Eden
Spencer
Noel Coleman
The Commander
Elizabeth Counsell
Cathy
Barbara Angell
Jennifer Briggs
David Webb
Leuschner