Underplayed Gems

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974)

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
Genel İzleyici
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A hopeless and clueless office assistant at the British Secret Intelligence Service accidentally solves each case he is given. He fumbles his way through spy work despite his complete lack of skill.

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What happens

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs is a 1974 British television comedy series created by Bernard McKenna and Richard Laing and produced by Humphrey Barclay for LWT. It was directed by Brian Izzard/Bruce Gowers and starred David Jason as the inept Edgar Briggs, personal assistant to the Commander of the British Secret Intelligence Service who, in spite of his cluelessness, manages to solve case after case. It ran for one series of 13 25-minute episodes on the ITV network. In 2026 the series was shown on the British TV channel Rewind TV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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