The Secret Service (Temporada 1)

The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television, Granada Television & Southern Television in 1969. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and last Century 21 production to feature – in a manner similar to Thunderbirds and other earlier series – marionette puppet characters as part of a filming technique known as "Supermarionation". Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. After The Secret Service, Anderson would not work with puppets again until the 1980s, when he produced Terrahawks in "Supermacromation". Episodes of The Secret Service follow the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, a character voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name. Outwardly the parish priest of a rural English village, Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert branch of British Intelligence that combats criminal and terrorist threats from overseas. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, the Father answers to his London-based superior – codenamed "The Bishop" – as he would in his public profession. When faced with the challenge of collecting intelligence in a hostile situation, Unwin and Matthew deploy the "Minimiser", a gadget capable of shrinking Matthew to a fraction of his normal size for the purposes of carrying out secret reconnaissance. A nonsensical gobbledegook of Unwin's formulation is used to confuse and distract enemies when required.

A Case for the Bishop (Episodio 1)
Guionista: Sylvia Anderson
Fecha de emisión: 1969-09-21
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are put on the case when the Ambassador of Dreisenberg attempts to smuggle a stolen mini-computer out of the country.
A Question of Miracles (Episodio 2)
Guionista: Donald James
Fecha de emisión: 1969-09-28
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are sent to investigate the sabotage of several desalination plants with the help of Agent Blake.
To Catch a Spy (Episodio 3)
Guionista: Pat Dunlop
Fecha de emisión: 1969-10-05
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are on the case when enemy spy George Grey escapes from a maximum security prison and disappears over the estate of Sir Humphrey Barton.
The Feathered Spies (Episodio 4)
Guionista: Tony Barwick
Fecha de emisión: 1969-10-12
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are sent to plug a security leak for a top-secret project.
Last Train to Bufflers Halt (Episodio 5)
Guionista: Tony Barwick
Fecha de emisión: 1969-10-19
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin is assigned to accompany a bullion train after an attempted robbery.
Hole in One (Episodio 6)
Guionista: Shane Rimmer
Fecha de emisión: 1969-10-26
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are puzzled when they're assigned to investigate a security leak regarding an early warning satellite.
Recall to Service (Episodio 7)
Guionista: Pat Dunlop
Fecha de emisión: 1969-11-02
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin must pose as an army officer in order to prevent the sabotage of an experimental new tank.
Errand of Mercy (Episodio 8)
Guionista: Tony Barwick
Fecha de emisión: 1969-11-09
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: When Unwin takes to bed from sunstroke, he has an extraordinary dream. Can he and Matthew survive their dangerous journey in Gabriel, the flying car, and deliver medical supplies to plague-ridden Africa?
The Deadly Whisper (Episodio 9)
Guionista: Donald James
Fecha de emisión: 1969-11-16
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin encounters trouble in his parish when a local scientist is held hostage and forced to complete work on a prototype ultrasonic rifle so that mercenaries can shoot down a new jet.
The Cure (Episodio 10)
Guionista: Pat Dunlop
Fecha de emisión: 1969-11-23
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin visits a health farm in order to keep tabs on one of the residents, a notorious spy named Sakov, and is baffled when Sakov manages to engineer the crash of a test car whilst secured in a treatment room.
School for Spies (Episodio 11)
Guionista: Donald James
Fecha de emisión: 1969-11-30
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin infiltrates a gang of saboteurs posing as priests, but will he be discovered before he reveals their nefarious schemes?
Mayday! Mayday! (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1969-12-07
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin is assigned to protect the King of Muldovia from his brother's assassination attempts. When the flight crew of their plane is incapacitated, Unwin ends up having to pilot the plane himself!
More Haste, Less Speed (Episodio 13)
Guionista: Tony Barwick
Fecha de emisión: 1969-12-14
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Unwin and Matthew are sent to retrieve two counterfeiting plates from the devious duo of Lord Edward and Lady Martha Hazlewell.