Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)

Genre

action & adventure, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in the early 1900s, this series follows Captain Robert Virgin, a gentleman officer in the British Secret Service. He is sent on missions around the world to thwart enemies of the British Empire, including a crafty German spy. He is assisted by his escapologist batman and a female photographer who is also a secret agent.

lightheartedadventurousquirkyperiodcampywhimsicalnostalgicbreezy

What happens

Virgin of the Secret Service is a British television series which ran for one season in 1968, produced by the ITV franchise, Associated Television. The series was created by Ted Willis. 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. The series was released on DVD by Network on 1 April 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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