The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs poster

Basic Info

First Air: September 15, 1974

Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (3 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Last Episode

Name: The Contact

Season: 1, Episode: 13

Air Date: 1974-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

Assigned to observe a meeting between an SIS man and his enemy-contact and take photographic evidence, Briggs causes chaos at Victoria Station by hiding on a train - and is carried off non-stop to Brighton.

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

1974 1 seasons 13 episodes ⭐ 6.7/10 3 votes

Overview

The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs was a 30-minute British television comedy series created by Bernard McKenna & Richard Laing and produced by Humphrey Barclay for LWT. It was transmitted on the ITV network 15 September - 20 December 1974 and featured 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 has been likened to the earlier American series Get Smart.