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With david jason, alan tilvern, ronald chenery, gabor vernon. This early david jason sitcom was never repeated as despite the rest of the cast being in favour david jason vetoed the plan on the grounds. The top secret life of edgar briggs tv listings, tv. The top secret life of edgar briggs 1974 episode list. The book is based on 700 interviews and tens of thousands of documents. David jason series a sharp intake of breath and lucky feller, both from the 70s, are being shown on gold starting next week. The secret life of j edgar hoover for half a century, the fbi director waged war on homosexuals, black people and communists. Briggs saves the day handing a roll of classified film to an enemy contact the man believes hes getting film of a secret missile base but briggs accidentally hands over his holiday film.
If ordering from a uk store, please note that you are in region 1 dvdregion a bluray, whilst the uk is in region 2b, respectively. September 20, 1923 october 26, 2010 was a gibraltarian actor best known for his role as the spanish bartender juan cervantes in the itv comedy series mind your language. It was transmitted on the itv network 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 and ineptness. This nomination is part of a discussion of several related categories. Top secret life of edgar briggs the complete series. The top secret life of edgar briggs the defector tv. Mark eden born 14 february 1928 is an english actor.
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