PEAKFLIX

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

Original title: The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

Year

1974

Rating

★ 7.5/10

Runtime

30 min

Seasons

1

Genres

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.

Cast: David Jason, Mark Eden, Barbara Angell