The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

Name: The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
Genre: Comedy
Cast: David Jason, Mark Eden, Barbara Angell

Not Rated

1974 30mComedy

7.6

David Jason plays the inept Edgar Briggs, personal assistant to the Commander of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Briggs is an agent who, in spite of his cluelessness, manages to solve case after case.

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Cast of The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

David JasonEdgar Briggs
Mark EdenSpencer
Barbara AngellJennifer Briggs
Michael StaintonBuxton
Elizabeth CounsellCathy
Gary WaldhornGreville
Noel ColemanThe Commander
Michael CollinsRobinson
Leon LissekNovikov
Francis de WolffChulmek
Bryan IzzardDirector
Bruce GowersDirector
Richard LaingWriter
Bernard McKennaWriter
Humphrey BarclayProducer

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs Ratings & Reviews

匚卂尺ㄥFebruary 7, 2025
This hilarious show was originally on ITV, not the BBC as another reviewer claims. Spy spoofs tend to vary in quality, from the wonderful 'Carry On Spying' to the dire 'Austin Powers' and 'Johnny English' movies. In 1974, David Jason landed his first lead role, as incompetent British secret agent Edgar Briggs. It is not a rip-off of 'Get Smart'. Briggs has more in common with 'Frank Spencer' than 'Maxwell Smart'. The world he operates in is more like Callan's than Bond. There is visual comedy aplenty, meaning the show was popular at the time with youngsters ( and even made it onto the front cover of an edition of Look-In ). As the spy fad had ended by 1974, it was not the hit it deserved to be, and Jason would be next seen on the box in 'Lucky Feller'.

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