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Secret Army - Season 1 (1977)

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Show title: Secret Army

IMDb score: 8,5 (1.801)

Episodes: 16

Playing time: 14 hour and 30 minutes

Developed by: Gerard Glaister

Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards and Clifford Rose

Origin: United Kingdom

Releasedate: Wednesday 7 September 1977

First aired on: BBC One (Verenigd Koninkrijk)

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Secret Army plot

Secret Army tells the story of a Belgian escape route and the people involved. Lisa Colbert, a Belgian nurse and founder of the secret organization 'Lifeline', helps, under the code name 'Yvette', to take British pilots to safer places. Lifeline's headquarters is 'Le Candide', a Brussels restaurant owned by Albert Foiret and frequently visited by German officers. The Dutch Natalie and Monique, Albert's mistress, are also Lisa's loyal helpers. However, the operation of Lifeline is threatened by the German occupier.

Episodes Season 1 (1977)

  1. 1. Lisa - Codename Yvette

    7 September 1977 (55 minutes)

  2. 2. Sergeant on the Run

    14 September 1977 (54 minutes)

  3. 3. Radishes with Butter

    21 September 1977 (55 minutes)

  4. 4. Child's Play

    28 September 1977 (54 minutes)

  5. 5. Second Chance

    5 October 1977 (54 minutes)

  6. 6. Growing Up

    12 October 1977 (54 minutes)

  7. 7. Lost Sheep

    19 October 1977 (55 minutes)

  8. 8. Guilt

    26 October 1977 (55 minutes)

  9. 9. Too Near Home

    2 November 1977 (53 minutes)

  10. 10. Identity in Doubt

    9 November 1977 (54 minutes)

  11. 11. A Question of Loyalty

    23 November 1977 (55 minutes)

  12. 12. Hymn to Freedom

    30 November 1977 (54 minutes)

  13. 13. Bait

    7 December 1977 (55 minutes)

  14. 14. Good Friday

    14 December 1977 (55 minutes)

  15. 15. Suspicions

    21 December 1977 (54 minutes)

  16. 16. Be the First Kid on Your Block to Rule the World

    29 December 1977 (54 minutes)

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This co-production by BBC and BRT was widely viewed at the time, but is in danger of being unjustly forgotten. Every now and then a sentence of Dutch can be heard, but the French-speaking inhabitants of Brussels and the Germans speak English with an accent, without this having a disturbing effect. This would later be parodied in 'Allo 'Allo! Unfortunately, the parody has become more famous than the original.

Café Le Candide was located on the Grand Place in Brussels. The Gestapo headquarters was on Avenue Louise. Many real events were involved. The authors had a thorough historical knowledge of the Occupation in Belgium. They created exciting intrigue, lively dialogue and layered characters who were confronted with ethical dilemmas.

Albert poses as a collaborator, but his cafe is a cover for an escape line for British pilots. Through Lisa (code name Yvette) and Natalie, attention is paid to the role women played in this period. Each episode they must outsmart the Germans, with the danger of being exposed and the uncertainty of who you can and cannot trust. The resistance, the black market, communists, deserters, collaborators and black whores are discussed. With the Germans there is a clash between two styles. Sturmbannführer Kessler is the hardline Gestapo leader; Major Brandt of the Luftwaffe is more diplomatic and gentle, but sometimes more dangerous.

The actors often had a theater background. Stars include Juliet Hammond-Hill as waitress Natalie, Christopher Neame as British envoy Curtis, and Michael Culver as Major Brandt. Clifford Rose in the role of the stiff Kessler would later get its own spin-off.

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