The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974): Comedy. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
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.
Series details
- Title: The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Comedy
- Premiere date: 1974-09-15
- Final broadcast date listed: 1974-12-20
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 8810
Cast and credited roles
- David Jason — Edgar Briggs
- Michael Stainton — Buxton
- Mark Eden — Spencer
- Noel Coleman — The Commander
- Elizabeth Counsell — Cathy
- Barbara Angell — Jennifer Briggs
- David Webb — Leuschner
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1974-09-15; final listed air date 1974-12-20.
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Adapted from The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs 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.
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