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The Secret Service

The adventures of an elderly vicar and his gardener, secret agents for B.I.S.H.O.P, who combat criminals and terrorists from overseas in the year 1969.

10 Votes (6.6)

1969 HD 30min United Kingdom English Ended
Action Family
critical disdainful

Credits:

Sylvia Anderson

director

Stanley Unwin

Keith Alexander

Gary Files

David Graham

David Healy

Jeremy Wilkin

S1E1 - A Case For The Bishop 1969-09-21

A Case For The Bishop is the pilot episode of the British Supermarionation television series "The Secret Service". It was written by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson, directed by Alan Perry and was first broadcast in ATV Midlands on the 21st September 1969.

S1E2 - A Question of Miracles 1969-09-28

Two British-designed desalination plants have exploded as they neared 250 hours of operation and an order for ten plants in the United States now hangs in the balance. Suspecting sabotage, the Bishop assigns Unwin and Matthew to ensure that the last remaining plant, at Port Trennick, stays operational.

S1E3 - To Catch A Spy 1969-10-05

Enemy agent George Grey is believed to be being hidden by the influential Sir Humphrey Burton at his country residence. Father Unwin pays Sir Humphrey a visit, enabling a miniaturised Matthew to discover that Grey is to be smuggled out of the house by helijet - if he effects a successful escape, he will take with him details of anti-missile defences and the locations of all reprisal bases!

S1E4 - The Feathered Spies 1969-10-12

Aerial photos of a secret experimental World Air Force fighter plane are being offered on the black market, so Father Unwin and Matthew are assigned to determine how the photographer has managed to breach the restricted overhead access to Crayfield airbase. Their investigations lead them to pigeon fancier John Masden, who seems an unlikely candidate for espionage.

S1E5 - Last Train To Bufflers Halt 1969-10-19

£1 million in used bank notes is travelling to London by express train. One attempt to steal the notes has already been made, so the Bishop assigns Father Unwin and Matthew to protect the trains cargo. After the train is hi-jacked, Unwin finds himself unable to stop the vehicle as it hurtles towards London at 80mph.

S1E6 - Hole In One 1969-10-26

Top secret plans to correct the orbit of the errant G9 satellite are falling into the hands of the opposition and sabotaged. The Bishop suspects that General Brompton is unwittingly leaking the information at his golf course, so Father Unwin tees off with the General to determine how the secrets are being passed to the other side.

S1E7 - Recall To Service 1969-11-02

The Aquatank, a new computer-controlled military vehicle, is to be demonstrated to the NATO heads of defence at the World Army Experimental Vehicle Division base. Anticipating sabotage, the Bishop assigns Father Unwin and Matthew to check security arrangements at the base, and Matthew is on board the Aquatank when it is re-programmed to target the oberservers blockhouse!

S1E8 - Errand Of Mercy 1969-11-09

Suffering from sunstroke, Father Unwin is retired to bed and prescribed sleeping pills by Dr. Brogan. In his fevered dreams, Unwin finds himself on a dangerous mission to deliver medical supplies to Bishopsville, flying in Gabriel to Africa where he and Matthew are captured by natives and attacked by mercenary fighter jets.

S1E9 - The Deadly Whisper 1969-11-16

Professor Soames has developed a sonic rifle, capable of projecting destructive waves of ultrasonic vibration, accurate to within a centimetre over thirty feet. But three unscrupulous saboteurs intend to use Soames rifle to bring down an experimental aircraft, holding the Professors daughter hostage to ensure his complicity. When Father Unwin becomes suspicious and investigates, he too is held prisoner in Soames house.

S1E10 - The Cure 1969-11-23

Sakov, one of Europes most astute freelance agents, is trailed by Blake to Greenways Nursing Home, a health farm run by chief therapist Dr. Klam, and the Bishop assigns Father Unwin to find out what his plans are. Sakov engineers the crash of a GK2 test car at a nearby race track, but Unwin is baffled as to how he managed to escape the confines of Klams theray theatre to carry out his sabotage.

S1E11 - School For Spies 1969-11-30

Father Unwin discovers that a gang of bogus vicars are responsible for a series of sabotage attacks on military installations and vehicles. After one ofthe gang is hospitalised after their latest venture, Unwin masquerades as his replacement, a demolition expert, to infiltrate the gang, but he is soon exposed as an imposter.

S1E12 - May-Day,May-Day 1969-12-07

The Bishop assigns Father Unwin to protect the King of Muldovia during his visit to London, joining his retinue for a flight to New York where the King plans to visit his son. An attempt on the Kings life is foiled by Matthew, but the Prince of Muldovia has hidden a bomb aboard the Kings private plane and rigged a device that incapacitates the pilot and co-pilot.

S1E13 - More Haste, Less Speed 1969-12-14

Lord Edward and Lady Martha Hazlewell have inherited a counterfeit plate from their father, but the location of the second plate is known only to their fathers accomplice, Mullins. Unwin and Matthew trail Mullins to Hazlewell Manor and join a frantic chase to retrieve the second plate from an old barn at Greenacre Farm.