Fairly secret army episode 1 geoffrey palmer comedy channel 4 1984 duration. Secret army season 1 episode 1 watch online the full episode. Watch full episodes of secret army and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Fairly secret army is a british sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Bradley introduces himself to kessler posing as a german colleague and dines with him at the candide to gain valuable information. The series tells the story of a fictional belgian resistance movement in germanoccupied belgium during the second world war dedicated to returning allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the luftwaffe, to great britain. A must for all those who have fond memories of the tv series of the 1970s. Five episodes of series 2 were not retained by the bbc archives, but two of those episodes, operation kilt and the battle of godfreys cottage, were located in 2001. Brandt receives an article by an escaped american airman. The navigator, flight lieutenant peter romsey, survives but cannot be sure of his safety. She hides him, but is so frightened that she calls major brandt, a childhood friend of her late son. In brussels her uncle, gaston, is picked up by the gestapo.
Secret army s01e12 hymn to freedom video dailymotion. Taking the secret out of the secret army by california assembly democrats. This show has been oveshadowed by allo allo which came later and ws a spoof of it. The first episode of secret army introduces lifeline, a second world war belgian resistance organization based in brusse. A downed british airman approaches madame bidout, an elderly englishwoman and asks her for help. The show ran for three series between 1977 and 1979. Series 1, episodes 112, save nbr 3 series 2, episodes 14. Lifeline hears that both romsey and victor have been taken by the germans, and lisa, albert and curtis are all anxious t. The sixpart serial is a sequel to the second world war drama secret army, picking up the hunt for a character from that series decades later.
A british woman living in brussels reluctantly hides an airman in her attic. Weve made some important changes to our privacy and cookies policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data. Harry tells him of his plan to start a secret army. He set up an underground army, of farmers, teenagers, women and veterans from ww1, who in the event of an invasion would conceal themselves in deep bunkers, to emerge and kill the invaders as.
Kessler, still posing under an alias, and reinhardt find themselves interned in the same prison camp for german officers. During world war ii, a belgian resistance movement called lifeline, based in brussels, organises the return of allied airmen who have been shot down by the luftwaffe to the united kingdom. This awardwinning bbc series, starring jan francis and bernard hepton, is a gripping and authentic portrayal of the war waged by one group of belgian resistance fighters against german occupation during the second world war. Separated from his lifeline companions in france, he takes refuge with english author hugh neville and his wife dorothy. Fairly secret army series 2 ep 1 of 7 ive got a job for you by videocurios. Lifeline, a brusselsbased resistance organisation smuggling downed raf fliers back to britain, is endangered when luftwaffe major erwin brandt blows one of their safehouses.
Heres the first episode of series one of the brilliant comedy fairly secret army starring the brilliant geoffrey palmer it was broadcast in 1984 in the early days of channel 4,strangely this. Kessler learns that reinhardt surrendered himself to albert at the candide and is determined to dispose of him with a. Fairly secret army episode 6 of 6 geoffrey palmer comedy channel 4 1984 duration. With bernard hepton, jan francis, christopher neame, michael culver. This is a complete episode list for the bbc television series secret army, which ran for three series from 7 september 1977. The organisation set up in 1940 to rescue raf aircrew from the hands of the gastapo. Import from the netherlands with english soundtrack. Secret army season 2 full episodes watch online guide by msn. Watch secret army season 1, episode 1 lisacodename yvette. Curtis brings money from england for the escape plans and gets involved with yvette. In france, yvette is caught in a police raid and imprisoned. Secret army is a television drama made by the bbc and the belgian national broadcaster brt now vrt created by gerard glaister.
He tries to kill himself on the train tracks, but a woman stops him. Watch full episodes from the uktv network on uktv play. Choose per series where you want be kept informed of. The acting is superb and the storylines strong and compelling. The future of lifeline is jeopardized by the activities of a flight. A detailed description in an american magazine of an airmans escape through belgium and france falls into the germans. Kessler is desperate to reunite with martin bormann. With bernard hepton, angela richards, clifford rose, juliet hammond. A chap worth following season 1, episode 1 aired on october 22, 1984 25 min. Season 1, episode 3 of the series secret army the jewish population of brussels is being systemically deported according to colourcoded identific. For instance new episodes or start of a new season.
In this episode, the spotlight team traces how, in the 1960s, suspicion led to unrest between unionists and nationalists, undermining northern irelands government. The series tells the story of a fictional belgian resistance movement in. Secret army is a gripping and authentic portrayal of the. Fairly secret army episode 4 geoffrey palmer comedy channel 4. First series of the drama about an escape organisation for crashed allied airmen in europe. A series, set in world war two about belgian members of an escape line for british airmen named lifeline. Secret army tv series 19771979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The technical advisor was an raf wwii veteran who was shot down himself. Heres the third episode of series one of the brilliant comedy fairly secret army. The classic drama series spinoff from secret army, following a nazi war criminal on the run from justice after world war ii. A permanent v2 site is discovered on the belgiandutch border, and bradley plans a raid with the resistance and the army of concealed airmen. Watch secret army online full episodes of season 1 yidio. Subscribe to uktv for more clips from drama and our network of channels including dave, gold and w.
Fairly secret army episode 1 geoffrey palmer comedy. Watch all 16 secret army episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Though not a direct spinoff from the fall and rise of reginald perrin, the lead character, major harry truscott, was very similar to geoffrey palmers character of jimmy in that series, and the scripts were written by reginald perrins creator and writer david nobbs. This is a complete episode list for the bbc television series secret army, which ran fo r three s eries from 7 september 1977 until 15 december 1 979 the series follows the members o f a belgia n secret group lifeline, dedicated to enabli ng all ied airmen to escape to britain, usually after they had been shot down by the luftwaffe. Series 3 secret army third series of drama about an escape organisation, lifeline, which helps allied airmen escape occupied europe, working with the resistance and hiding from the gestapo. Secret army is a television drama made by the bbc and the belgian national broadcaster brt created by gerard glaister.
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