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The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974)

Name: The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.8
Cast: David Jason, Mark Eden, Barbara Angell

Comedy

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 ITV 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.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (121 votes)
Episode average: 6.9 +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

6.92 avg 13 episodes 6.4 → 7.5 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Assassin	6.4	19
2	The Defector	6.7	14
3	The Leak	6.9	14
4	The Escape Route	7.5	12
5	The Abduction	7.3	12
6	The Exchange	7.2	13
7	The Courier	6.3	13
8	The Traitor	6.9	11
9	The K.G.B.	7.3	11
10	The Drawing	7.0	11
11	The President	6.5	11
12	The Appointment	6.5	12
13	The Contact	7.5	12