The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

Series 1

13 episodes · Sep 15, 1974

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  • S1E1

    The Assassin

    Sep 15, 197430m

    Informed by Buxton that the 'other side' are plotting to kill the Commander, Briggs goes undercover as a restaurant waiter and ends up saving the Commander's life — but nor before he lands himself, and gun, in the soup.

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  • S1E2

    The Defector

    Sep 22, 197430m

    Having tracked to a heliport two Russian agents suspected of organising escape routes to Moscow for agents on the run, Briggs accidentally switches on the airport's Tannoy system - and broadcast his plans to capture them.

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  • S1E3

    The Leak

    Sep 29, 197430m

    While attending a cocktail party with his wife, Briggs saves the day handing a roll of 'classified' film to an enemy contact - the man believes he's getting film of a secret missile base but Briggs accidentally hands over his holiday film.

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  • S1E4

    The Escape Route

    Oct 6, 197430m

    Assigned to discover who is behind an escape route, Briggs find himself swimming in muddy water but nevertheless stumbles across the ringleader - and accidently rounds up the gang single-handed.

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  • S1E5

    The Abduction

    Oct 25, 197430m

    When the Commander is abducted and Briggs is left to engineer his escape, the agent does so, but not until he has bumbled his way through another mission and driven the abductor's getaway car - and the Commander - to safety.

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  • S1E6

    The Exchange

    Nov 1, 197430m

    Busy redecorating his home, Briggs stops his DIY activities to oversee an exchange of spies between SIS and the East Germans and finds himself face to face with enemy agents - with only a paintbrush in his gun holster.

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  • S1E7

    The Courier

    Nov 8, 197430m

    Suspecting that a member of the International Symphony Orchestra, a pianist, has devised a clever scheme to smuggle secret information to the KGB, Briggs thwarts the man's plans - but not before he finds himself singing in a radio broadcast.

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  • S1E8

    The Traitor

    Nov 15, 197430m

    Suspecting that Edwards, a clerk in the Documents Section, is responsible for betraying the department's agents to the enemy, Briggs exposed a network of traitors - by mistakenly arresting two 'innocent' men.

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  • S1E9

    The KGB

    Nov 22, 197430m

    Assigned to organise the defection of a top Russian nuclear scientist, Briggs, heavily disguised, collects the woman in his car. Taking a 'short cut' to evade his pursuers, he gets lost in a multi-storey car park.

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  • S1E10

    The Drawing

    Nov 29, 197430m

    Informed that someone at the Naval Section is selling vital missile drawings to the enemy, Briggs enters into a game of roulette with the suspect and discovers that the secret information has been incorporated into the design of a £5 note - one which Briggs hands over to the croupier as a tip.

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  • S1E11

    The President

    Dec 6, 197430m

    When assassination attempts are made on the life of a visiting president, our hero is put in charge of security. A mistake: before the day is through Briggs will pursue the enemy in a bread van - and leave three security cars crippled in a ditch.

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  • S1E12

    The Appointment

    Dec 13, 197430m

    Given the task of training new recruit Maxwell. Briggs teaches the man the tricks of self-defence and marksmanship - but forgets to load Maxwell's gun. A fortunate move - Maxwell is a traitor and Briggs finds himself looking down the wrong end of the barrel.

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  • S1E13

    The Contact

    Dec 20, 197430m

    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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