The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

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.

Created By

Status

Ended

Original Name

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

First Air Date

September 15, 1974

Last Air Date

December 20, 1974

Seasons

1

Episodes

13

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

S01E13

The Contact

Assigned to observe a meeting between an SIS man and his enemy-contact and take photographic evidence, Briggs causes chaos at Victoria Station by hiding on a train - and is carried off non-stop to Brighton.

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