The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

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.

Cast

David Jason

Edgar Briggs

Mark Eden

Spencer

Barbara Angell

Barbara Angell

Jennifer Briggs

Noel Coleman

The Commander

Michael Stainton

Buxton

Elizabeth Counsell

Cathy

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