The Secret Service (1969)

Name: The Secret Service
Genre: Action, Adventure, Espionage
Released: 1969-09-21
Cast: Stanley Unwin, Gary Files, Jeremy Wilkin, Keith Alexander, Sylvia Anderson

1 season · 0 episodes~30 min/epEndedActionAdventureEspionage

Overview

The Secret Service was a British children's espionage television series.The series follows the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, the parish priest of a rural English village. Affecting the appearance of an eccentric middle-aged vicar, Unwin moonlights as a secret agent for BISHOP (British Intelligence Service Headquarters, Operation Priest), a top-secret division of British Intelligence based in Whitehall. Answering to his superior, "The Bishop", Unwin is stationed at his vicarage with Matthew Harding – another agent who, when not assisting the Father on missions, adopts the manner of a simple gardener. Supporting characters include Blake, a junior BISHOP operative, and Mrs Appleby, the Father's ageing housekeeper, who is unaware of Unwin and Harding's involvement with British Intelligence.

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Network: ITV1

Cast & characters

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Stanley Unwin

as Father Stanley Unwin

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Gary Files

as Matthew Harding

Jeremy Wilkin

as The Bishop

Keith Alexander

as Agent Blake

Sylvia Anderson

as Mrs. Appleby

The Secret Service — quick answers

Q.How many seasons of The Secret Service are there?

The Secret Service has 1 season totalling 0 episodes, and the series has concluded.

Q.Who stars in The Secret Service?

The main cast of The Secret Service includes Stanley Unwin (Father Stanley Unwin), Gary Files (Matthew Harding), Jeremy Wilkin (The Bishop), Keith Alexander (Agent Blake), Sylvia Anderson (Mrs. Appleby).