Virgin of the Secret Service
Virgin of the Secret Service is a British television series which ran for one season in 1968, produced by the ITV franchise, Associated Television. The series was created by Ted Willis.
The show was a tongue-in-cheek adventure series set in the early 1900s, and followed the adventures of Captain Robert Virgin, a gentleman officer working for the British Secret Service. Each episode would see him dispatched to different parts of the world by Colonel Shaw-Camberley to do battle with enemies of the British Empire. He was aided by his escapologist batman Sergeant Doublett and Mrs. Cortez, an emancipated female photographer and part-time secret agent. Virgin's principal adversary was always Karl Von Brauner – a German spy who would always be dreaming up "a plan of the utmost simplicity" with which to take down the Empire and the Secret Service.
The series was released on DVD by Network on 1 April 2013.
Recurring cast
- Captain Robert Virgin - Clinton Greyn
- Mrs. Virginia Cortez - Veronica Strong
- Sergeant Fred Doublett - John Cater
- Karl Von Brauner - Alexander Doré
- Colonel Shaw-Camberley - Noel Coleman
- Klaus Striebeck - Peter Swanwick