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21/09/1969 Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family 0h 30m
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Overview

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Stanley Unwin

    Father Stanley Unwin (voice)

  2. Gary Files

    Matthew Harding / Various Characters (voice)

  3. Jeremy Wilkin

    The Bishop / Various Characters (voice)

  4. Sylvia Anderson

    Mrs Appleby / Various Characters (voice)

  5. David Healy

    Various Characters (voice)

  6. Keith Buckley

    Agent Blake / Various Characters (voice)

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1969 | 13 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by Bytecrawler
Written by Bytecrawler on 2024-05-06
In my opinion, probably the worst of Anderson's series. He only used Supermarionation in its most limited sense, to animate the marionettes and even then he occasionally reverted to live actors. He may have intended "to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format," but it came across to me as a cost cutting measure that took away one of the most fascinating aspects of his earlier series -- the amazing miniature scenes brought to life with brilliant models. As far as stories, they were OK, and occasionally entertaining, but not enough to make me wa...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Secret Service

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