The Secret Service
The Secret Service is a 1969 British children's espionage television series, produced by Century 21 / ITC Entertainment for Associated Television, Granada Television, and Southern Television. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and final Century 21 production to feature Supermarionation. Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. Father Stanley Unwin, voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name, is the parish priest of a rural English village. But Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert British Intelligence branch that battles international criminal and terrorist threats. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, Unwin answers to his London-based superior 'The Bishop', as he would in his public profession.
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1.A Case for the Bishop
21-09-196930mUnwin and Matthew are put on the case when the Ambassador of Dreisenberg attempts to smuggle a stolen mini-computer out of the country.
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2.A Question of Miracles
28-09-196930mUnwin and Matthew are sent to investigate the sabotage of several desalination plants with the help of Agent Blake.
3.To Catch a Spy
05-10-196930mUnwin and Matthew are on the case when enemy spy George Grey escapes from a maximum security prison and disappears over the estate of Sir Humphrey Barton.
4.The Feathered Spies
12-10-196930mUnwin and Matthew are sent to plug a security leak for a top-secret project.
5.Last Train to Bufflers Halt
19-10-196930mUnwin is assigned to accompany a bullion train after an attempted robbery.
6.Hole in One
26-10-196930mUnwin and Matthew are puzzled when they're assigned to investigate a security leak regarding an early warning satellite.
7.Recall to Service
02-11-196930mUnwin must pose as an army officer in order to prevent the sabotage of an experimental new tank.
8.Errand of Mercy
09-11-196930mWhen Unwin takes to bed from sunstroke, he has an extraordinary dream. Can he and Matthew survive their dangerous journey in Gabriel, the flying car, and deliver medical supplies t...
9.The Deadly Whisper
16-11-196930mUnwin encounters trouble in his parish when a local scientist is held hostage and forced to complete work on a prototype ultrasonic rifle so that mercenaries can shoot down a new j...
10.The Cure
23-11-196930mUnwin visits a health farm in order to keep tabs on one of the residents, a notorious spy named Sakov, and is baffled when Sakov manages to engineer the crash of a test car whilst...
11.School for Spies
30-11-196930mUnwin infiltrates a gang of saboteurs posing as priests, but will he be discovered before he reveals their nefarious schemes?
12.Mayday! Mayday!
07-12-196930mUnwin is assigned to protect the King of Muldovia from his brother's assassination attempts. When the flight crew of their plane is incapacitated, Unwin ends up having to pilot the...
13.More Haste, Less Speed
14-12-196930mUnwin and Matthew are sent to retrieve two counterfeiting plates from the devious duo of Lord Edward and Lady Martha Hazlewell.
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