Virgin of the Secret Service

Virgin of the Secret Service
Created byTed Willis
StarringClinton Greyn
Veronica Strong
John Cater
Alexander Doré
Noel Coleman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerATV
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release28 March (1968-03-28) –
20 June 1968 (1968-06-20)

Virgin of the Secret Service is a British television series which ran for one season in 1968, produced by the ITV franchise, Associated Television.[1][2] The series was created by Ted Willis.[3]

The show was a tongue-in-cheek adventure series set in the early 1900s, and followed the adventures of Captain Robert Virgin (Clinton Greyn), a gentleman officer working for the British Secret Service. Each episode would see him dispatched to different parts of the world by Colonel Shaw-Camberley (Noel Coleman) to do battle with enemies of the British Empire. He was aided by his escapologist batman Sergeant Doublett (John Cater) and Mrs. Cortez (Veronica Strong), an emancipated female photographer and part-time secret agent. Virgin's principal adversary was always Karl Von Brauner (Alexander Doré) – a German spy who would always be dreaming up "a plan of the utmost simplicity" with which to take down the Empire and the Secret Service.[2]

The series was released on DVD by Network on 1 April 2013.[4]

Recurring cast

Episode list

Episode no. Title First transmission (UK) Director Writer
1 "Dark Deeds on the Northwest Frontier" 28 March 1968 Paul Bernard Nicholas Palmer[3]
2 "Russian Roundabout" 4 April 1968 John Sichel Basil Dawson
3 "Entente Cordiale" 11 April 1968 Paul Bernard Betty Lambda
4 "The Great Ring of Akba" 18 April 1968 Paul Bernard Ted Willis
5 "The Amazons" 25 April 1968 Robert D. Cardona Basil Dawson
6 "The Rajah and the Suffragette" 2 May 1968 John Sichel Anthony Steven & Vincent Tilsley
7 "Persuasion of a Million Drops" 9 May 1968 Robert D. Cardona Ted Willis
8 "Pride of Assassins" 16 May 1968 Paul Bernard Anthony Steven
9 "Across the Silver Pass of Gusri Song" 23 May 1968 Josephine Douglas Ted Willis
10 "The Pyramid Plot" 30 May 1968 Robert D. Cardona Basil Dawson
11 "A Fate Worse Than Death" 6 June 1968 Heinrich Hirsch Stuart Douglas
12 "The Professor Goes West" 13 June 1968 Robert D. Cardona Nicholas Palmer
13 "Wings Over Glencraig" 20 June 1968 Robert D. Cardona John Roberts

References

  1. ^ "Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)". BFI.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "Virgin Of The Secret Service | Nostalgia Central". 22 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Dark Deeds on the north-west Frontier (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Virgin of the Secret Service". Network On Air.


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