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The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs was a 30-minute British television comedy series created by Bernard McKenna and 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.
Original Release
09/15/1974
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Jason | Edgar Briggs |
Michael Stainton | Buxton |
Noel Coleman | The Commander |
Mark Eden | Spencer |
David Webb | Leuschner |
Barbara Angell | Jennifer Briggs |
Elizabeth Counsell | Cathy |
Arnold Diamond | Ramsden |
Gary Waldhorn | Greville |
Ricardo Montez | Zammit |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Assassin/A Dinner Date with Death | Sunday, 15 September 1974 |
2 | The Defector | Sunday, 22 September 1974 |
3 | The Leak | Sunday, 29 September 1974 |
4 | The Escape Route | Sunday, 06 October 1974 |
5 | The Abduction | Friday, 25 October 1974 |
6 | The Exchange | Friday, 01 November 1974 |
7 | The Courier | Friday, 08 November 1974 |
8 | The Traitor | Friday, 15 November 1974 |
9 | The K.G.B. | Friday, 22 November 1974 |
10 | The Drawing | Friday, 29 November 1974 |
11 | The President | Friday, 06 December 1974 |
12 | The Appointment | Friday, 13 December 1974 |
13 | The Contact | Friday, 20 December 1974 |
Directors
Writers
Richard Laing, Bernard McKenna
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Jason | Edgar Briggs |
Michael Stainton | Buxton |
Noel Coleman | The Commander |
Mark Eden | Spencer |
David Webb | Leuschner |
Barbara Angell | Jennifer Briggs |
Elizabeth Counsell | Cathy |
Arnold Diamond | Ramsden |
Gary Waldhorn | Greville |
Ricardo Montez | Zammit |
Francis de Wolff | Chulmek |
Alan Tilvern | President Fezzan |
Morris Perry | Schulenberg |
Gerald Case | John Templeton |
Harry Towb | Bernie Schweid |
David Davenport | Vlacek |
David Baron | Maxwell |
David Crosse | Michael |
Ronald Chenery | Servant |
Ralph Michael | Apsley |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Humphrey Barclay | Producer |