The Secret Service (1969)★ 6.6/10
- Action
- Family
- Sci-Fi
Directed by: Leo Eaton, Alan Perry, Brian Heard, Ken Turner, Peter Anderson
Written by: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Tony Barwick, Pat Dunlop, Donald James
A gibberish-spouting parish vicar and his gardener undertake secret missions for B.I.S.H.O.P., using a shrink ray called the Minimiser in their battles against criminals and terrorists.
- Original title
- The Secret Service
- Storyline
- The Secret Service is the story of a gibberish-spouting parish English country priest, Father Unwin, and his slow-thinking yokel gardener, Matthew Harding. At least, to the casual observer, that's what they appear to be. In reality, they are Secret Service agents working under orders from BISHOP (British Intelligence Service Headquarters, Operation Priest). The BISHOP personnel communicate with their operatives via Father Unwin's hearing aid. On special missions. Father Unwin and Matthew use a remarkable electronic device hidden in a book left in Unwin's care by a late parishioner. The device can miniaturise a person or object to one-third life size, thus enabling super-agent Matthew to carry out daredevil missions which would be otherwise impossible. When Matthew has been miniaturised, Father Unwin carries him about in a specially converted suitcase. The case has a chair and a periscope so that Matthew can sit and watch the world go by. He can talk to Father Unwin through the hearing aid and has his own hearing aid for communication during missions. Together, Father Unwin and Matthew battlte against dangerous criminals and terrorists who threaten the free world.
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 260
- Companies
- Century 21 Television, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), A&E Home Video, ITC Films, ITC Home Video, ITV - Independent Television, NHK, Network DVD, Spirit Entertainment
- Release dates
- GB September 21, 1969
- JP November 15, 1970
- FR October 2, 1993