Catherine Cookson's The Secret: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this British television production, we follow the travails of Freddie Musgrave (Colin Buchanan), a onetime smuggler who falls in love with a successful businesswoman and leaves the criminal world behind him -- or tries to. When someone from Musgrave's past catches up with him in his new life, the ex-smuggler fears he could lose it all. Catherine Cookson's novel serves as the basis for this drama set in the 1880s.

Series details

• Title: Catherine Cookson's The Secret
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2000-01-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-02-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19793
• IMDb ID: tt0253663
• TVDB ID: 175091

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-01-28; final listed air date 2000-02-21; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Catherine Cookson's The Secret on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.