| Virgin of the Secret Service | |
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| Created by | Ted Willis |
| Starring | Clinton Greyn Veronica Strong John Cater Alexander Doré Noel Coleman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | ATV |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 28 March – 20 June 1968 |
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Virgin of the Secret Service is a British television series which ran for one season in 1968, produced by the ITV franchise, Associated Television.[1][2] The series was created by Ted Willis.[3]
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.[2]
The series was released on DVD by Network on 1 April 2013.[4]
- ^ "Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)". BFI.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Virgin Of The Secret Service | Nostalgia Central". 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Dark Deeds on the north-west Frontier (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Virgin of the Secret Service". Network On Air.