Secret Army
Year
1977
Genre
Drama, War
Country
UK
Director
Actors
Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond, Ron Pember, Valentine Dyall, Michael Culver
Description
In this series, inspired by real events during World War II, the kind, intelligent and worrisome Albert Foiret runs both a café, which is the only notable public house in a small Belgian town, where locals therefore naturally mix with the Nazi occupation forces, and a just as publicity-shy (even his bed-ridden wife knows nothing) network of the Belgian resistance, devoted to the evacuation of shot-down Allied pilots to Britain. He and his secret 'army' (including some of his staff and the Brussels Dr. Pascal Keldermans), taking orders by illegal radio from London, constantly risk their lives -and if caught by the professionally torturing Gestapo, possibly everyone else's- to find the pilots, hide, nurse and prepare them for the long, dangerous journey out of the Reich under the Nazis' noses, a never ending cat-and-mouse game against specialized German hunters, run by the gentleman Luftwaffe (Air Force)- Major Erwin Brandt and the ruthless Nazi 'secret state police' run by the cunning, authoritarian Sturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Kessler, whose devotion to Hitlers cause is boundless. Only when the Allies advance on the Ardennes after the Normandy landing, the rules and central cast start changing...
Episodes
- Season 1: 1. Lisa - Codename Yvette (1977). Lisa and Albert are suspicious when a former evader returns to the Candide. Meanwhile, Major Brandt, of the Luftwaffe Polizei, sizes up to the newly arrived Ludwig Kessler.
- Season 1: 2. Sergeant On The Run (1977). Some escapees are caught and shot by Kessler (Clifford Rose). One survives, but he would rather die than talk.
- Season 1: 3. Radishes With Butter (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) brings money from England for the escape plans, befriends a Jewish family living in hiding and gets involved with Yvette (Jan Francis).
- Season 1: 4. Child's Play (1977). Brandt (Michael Culver) receives an article by an escaped American airman. Thinking it contains useful intelligence, he uses it to team up with a French gendarme and identify an escape route over the Pyrenees - and almost captures Lisa (Jan Francis).
- Season 1: 5. Second Chance (1977). A downed airman is found by a bargeman, but the bargeman's offer of help is not what it seems.
- Season 1: 6. Growing Up (1977). A young boy finds a wounded airman hiding in a barn. Rashly, the airman gives the boy a gift and puts Lifeline at risk.
- Season 1: 7. Lost Sheep (1977). A new aircraft is shot down. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) survives, but cannot be sure of his safety. Separated from his Lifeline companions in France, he takes refuge with English author Hugh Neville (Peter Barkworth) and his wife Dorothy (Joanna Van Gyseghem).
- Season 1: 8. Guilt (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) wants to investigate who betrayed Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) in France, but Lifeline does not trust him and puts Monique (Angela Richards) on his tail.
- Season 1: 9. Too Near Home (1977). Yvette (Jan Francis) is imprisoned in a raid and her Uncle Gaston (James Bree) is taken and questioned by Kessler (Clifford Rose). Lifeline is faced with collapse.
- Season 1: 10. Identity In Doubt (1977). A downed South African airman, Noel Uys (Christopher Douglas), cannot convince Lifeline of his identity and seizes Natalie (Juliet Hammand-Hill) as a hostage.
- Season 1: 11. Question Of Loyalty, A (1977). The Gestapo infiltrate the Lifeline organization with German officer Ernst Stoller (Clive Arrindell) posing as an escaped airman and Monique (Angela Richards) falls for the infiltrator.
- Season 1: 12. Hymn To Freedom (1977). Recognizing the value of a propaganda coup if successful, Curtis (Christopher Neame) persuades Yvette (Jan Francis) to help smuggle a Belgian minister in the puppet regime to England. Meanwhile, Lifeline has been penetrated by another German agent.
- Season 1: 13. Bait (1977). A downed British airman approaches Madame Bidout (Barbara Cochran), an elderly Englishwoman and asks her for help. She hides him, but is so frightened that she calls Major Brandt (Michael Culver), a childhood friend of her late son. The airman turns out to be another German plant working for Kessler (Clifford Rose), hoping Bidout will lead them to the resistance.
- Season 1: 14. Good Friday (1977). Prior Father Pierre (Brewster Mason) shelters an RAF escapee in his monastery, but Brother Anselm (Richard Gale) thinks Friars should stay out of the war and his betrayal brings in Kessler (Clifford Rose) and the Gestapo.
- Season 1: 15. Suspicions (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) is under suspicion for submersive activity and possible murder. Kessler (Clifford Rose) and Brandt (Michael Culver) trace him to the Café Candide, then take him for questioning.
- Season 1: 16. Be The First Kid In Your Block To Rule The World (1977). Curtis's (Christopher Neame) cover is blown and Kessler (Clifford Rose) orders a security ring around Brussels and a massive search to trap Curtis. Curtis poses as a bus driver for a Hitler Youth day trip in a desperate attempt to flee the city.
- Season 2: 1. Lisa - Codename Yvette (1977). Lisa and Albert are suspicious when a former evader returns to the Candide. Meanwhile, Major Brandt, of the Luftwaffe Polizei, sizes up to the newly arrived Ludwig Kessler.
- Season 2: 2. Sergeant On The Run (1977). Some escapees are caught and shot by Kessler (Clifford Rose). One survives, but he would rather die than talk.
- Season 2: 3. Radishes With Butter (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) brings money from England for the escape plans, befriends a Jewish family living in hiding and gets involved with Yvette (Jan Francis).
- Season 2: 4. Child's Play (1977). Brandt (Michael Culver) receives an article by an escaped American airman. Thinking it contains useful intelligence, he uses it to team up with a French gendarme and identify an escape route over the Pyrenees - and almost captures Lisa (Jan Francis).
- Season 2: 5. Second Chance (1977). A downed airman is found by a bargeman, but the bargeman's offer of help is not what it seems.
- Season 2: 6. Growing Up (1977). A young boy finds a wounded airman hiding in a barn. Rashly, the airman gives the boy a gift and puts Lifeline at risk.
- Season 2: 7. Lost Sheep (1977). A new aircraft is shot down. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) survives, but cannot be sure of his safety. Separated from his Lifeline companions in France, he takes refuge with English author Hugh Neville (Peter Barkworth) and his wife Dorothy (Joanna Van Gyseghem).
- Season 2: 8. Guilt (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) wants to investigate who betrayed Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) in France, but Lifeline does not trust him and puts Monique (Angela Richards) on his tail.
- Season 2: 9. Too Near Home (1977). Yvette (Jan Francis) is imprisoned in a raid and her Uncle Gaston (James Bree) is taken and questioned by Kessler (Clifford Rose). Lifeline is faced with collapse.
- Season 2: 10. Identity In Doubt (1977). A downed South African airman, Noel Uys (Christopher Douglas), cannot convince Lifeline of his identity and seizes Natalie (Juliet Hammand-Hill) as a hostage.
- Season 2: 11. Question Of Loyalty, A (1977). The Gestapo infiltrate the Lifeline organization with German officer Ernst Stoller (Clive Arrindell) posing as an escaped airman and Monique (Angela Richards) falls for the infiltrator.
- Season 2: 12. Hymn To Freedom (1977). Recognizing the value of a propaganda coup if successful, Curtis (Christopher Neame) persuades Yvette (Jan Francis) to help smuggle a Belgian minister in the puppet regime to England. Meanwhile, Lifeline has been penetrated by another German agent.
- Season 2: 13. Bait (1977). A downed British airman approaches Madame Bidout (Barbara Cochran), an elderly Englishwoman and asks her for help. She hides him, but is so frightened that she calls Major Brandt (Michael Culver), a childhood friend of her late son. The airman turns out to be another German plant working for Kessler (Clifford Rose), hoping Bidout will lead them to the resistance.
- Season 2: 14. Good Friday (1977). Prior Father Pierre (Brewster Mason) shelters an RAF escapee in his monastery, but Brother Anselm (Richard Gale) thinks Friars should stay out of the war and his betrayal brings in Kessler (Clifford Rose) and the Gestapo.
- Season 2: 15. Suspicions (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) is under suspicion for submersive activity and possible murder. Kessler (Clifford Rose) and Brandt (Michael Culver) trace him to the Café Candide, then take him for questioning.
- Season 2: 16. Be The First Kid In Your Block To Rule The World (1977). Curtis's (Christopher Neame) cover is blown and Kessler (Clifford Rose) orders a security ring around Brussels and a massive search to trap Curtis. Curtis poses as a bus driver for a Hitler Youth day trip in a desperate attempt to flee the city.
- Season 3: 1. Lisa - Codename Yvette (1977). Lisa and Albert are suspicious when a former evader returns to the Candide. Meanwhile, Major Brandt, of the Luftwaffe Polizei, sizes up to the newly arrived Ludwig Kessler.
- Season 3: 2. Sergeant On The Run (1977). Some escapees are caught and shot by Kessler (Clifford Rose). One survives, but he would rather die than talk.
- Season 3: 3. Radishes With Butter (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) brings money from England for the escape plans, befriends a Jewish family living in hiding and gets involved with Yvette (Jan Francis).
- Season 3: 4. Child's Play (1977). Brandt (Michael Culver) receives an article by an escaped American airman. Thinking it contains useful intelligence, he uses it to team up with a French gendarme and identify an escape route over the Pyrenees - and almost captures Lisa (Jan Francis).
- Season 3: 5. Second Chance (1977). A downed airman is found by a bargeman, but the bargeman's offer of help is not what it seems.
- Season 3: 6. Growing Up (1977). A young boy finds a wounded airman hiding in a barn. Rashly, the airman gives the boy a gift and puts Lifeline at risk.
- Season 3: 7. Lost Sheep (1977). A new aircraft is shot down. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) survives, but cannot be sure of his safety. Separated from his Lifeline companions in France, he takes refuge with English author Hugh Neville (Peter Barkworth) and his wife Dorothy (Joanna Van Gyseghem).
- Season 3: 8. Guilt (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) wants to investigate who betrayed Peter Romsey (Christopher Guard) in France, but Lifeline does not trust him and puts Monique (Angela Richards) on his tail.
- Season 3: 9. Too Near Home (1977). Yvette (Jan Francis) is imprisoned in a raid and her Uncle Gaston (James Bree) is taken and questioned by Kessler (Clifford Rose). Lifeline is faced with collapse.
- Season 3: 10. Identity In Doubt (1977). A downed South African airman, Noel Uys (Christopher Douglas), cannot convince Lifeline of his identity and seizes Natalie (Juliet Hammand-Hill) as a hostage.
- Season 3: 11. Question Of Loyalty, A (1977). The Gestapo infiltrate the Lifeline organization with German officer Ernst Stoller (Clive Arrindell) posing as an escaped airman and Monique (Angela Richards) falls for the infiltrator.
- Season 3: 12. Hymn To Freedom (1977). Recognizing the value of a propaganda coup if successful, Curtis (Christopher Neame) persuades Yvette (Jan Francis) to help smuggle a Belgian minister in the puppet regime to England. Meanwhile, Lifeline has been penetrated by another German agent.
- Season 3: 13. Bait (1977). A downed British airman approaches Madame Bidout (Barbara Cochran), an elderly Englishwoman and asks her for help. She hides him, but is so frightened that she calls Major Brandt (Michael Culver), a childhood friend of her late son. The airman turns out to be another German plant working for Kessler (Clifford Rose), hoping Bidout will lead them to the resistance.
- Season 3: 14. Good Friday (1977). Prior Father Pierre (Brewster Mason) shelters an RAF escapee in his monastery, but Brother Anselm (Richard Gale) thinks Friars should stay out of the war and his betrayal brings in Kessler (Clifford Rose) and the Gestapo.
- Season 3: 15. Suspicions (1977). Curtis (Christopher Neame) is under suspicion for submersive activity and possible murder. Kessler (Clifford Rose) and Brandt (Michael Culver) trace him to the Café Candide, then take him for questioning.
- Season 3: 16. Be The First Kid In Your Block To Rule The World (1977). Curtis's (Christopher Neame) cover is blown and Kessler (Clifford Rose) orders a security ring around Brussels and a massive search to trap Curtis. Curtis poses as a bus driver for a Hitler Youth day trip in a desperate attempt to flee the city.
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