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The Secret Service(1969)

AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureFamily
First Air Date: 1969-09-21
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 5.8
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13

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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Seasons & Episodes

Series 1

Episodes: 13
E01
A Case for the Bishop

Air Date: 1969-09-21

30m

Unwin and Matthew are put on the case when the Ambassador of Dreisenberg attempts to smuggle a stolen mini-computer o...

E02
A Question of Miracles

Air Date: 1969-09-28

30m

Unwin and Matthew are sent to investigate the sabotage of several desalination plants with the help of Agent Blake.

E03
To Catch a Spy

Air Date: 1969-10-05

30m

Unwin and Matthew are on the case when enemy spy George Grey escapes from a maximum security prison and disappears ov...

E04
The Feathered Spies

Air Date: 1969-10-12

30m

Unwin and Matthew are sent to plug a security leak for a top-secret project.

E05
Last Train to Bufflers Halt

Air Date: 1969-10-19

30m

Unwin is assigned to accompany a bullion train after an attempted robbery.

E06
Hole in One

Air Date: 1969-10-26

30m

Unwin and Matthew are puzzled when they're assigned to investigate a security leak regarding an early warning satellite.

E07
Recall to Service

Air Date: 1969-11-02

30m

Unwin must pose as an army officer in order to prevent the sabotage of an experimental new tank.

E08
Errand of Mercy

Air Date: 1969-11-09

30m

When Unwin takes to bed from sunstroke, he has an extraordinary dream. Can he and Matthew survive their dangerous jou...

E09
The Deadly Whisper

Air Date: 1969-11-16

30m

Unwin encounters trouble in his parish when a local scientist is held hostage and forced to complete work on a protot...

E10
The Cure

Air Date: 1969-11-23

30m

Unwin visits a health farm in order to keep tabs on one of the residents, a notorious spy named Sakov, and is baffled...

E11
School for Spies

Air Date: 1969-11-30

30m

Unwin infiltrates a gang of saboteurs posing as priests, but will he be discovered before he reveals their nefarious ...

E12
Mayday! Mayday!

Air Date: 1969-12-07

30m

Unwin is assigned to protect the King of Muldovia from his brother's assassination attempts. When the flight crew of ...

E13
More Haste, Less Speed

Air Date: 1969-12-14

30m

Unwin and Matthew are sent to retrieve two counterfeiting plates from the devious duo of Lord Edward and Lady Martha ...

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Top Cast

Stanley Unwin
Stanley Unwin
Father Stanley Unwin (voice)
Gary Files
Gary Files
Matthew Harding / Various Characters (voice)
Jeremy Wilkin
Jeremy Wilkin
The Bishop / Various Characters (voice)
Sylvia Anderson
Sylvia Anderson
Mrs Appleby / Various Characters (voice)
David Healy
David Healy
Various Characters (voice)
No Photo
Keith Buckley
Agent Blake / Various Characters (voice)