The Secret Service (1969)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1969
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 13
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour     35mm     16mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Century 21 Television / ITC
Executive Producer: Reg Hill
Producer: David Lane
Production Supervisor: Desmond Saunders

SCRIPT
Creator: Gerry Anderson
Characters Created By: Sylvia Anderson
Script Editor: Tony Barwick

DIRECTION
Directors: Alan Perry, Leo Eaton, Ian Spurrier, Brian Heard, Peter Anderson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Cameraman: Paddy Seale, Julien Lugrin

MUSIC
Music / Musical Director: Barry Gray

VISUAL EFFECTS
Supervising Visual Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Senior Visual Effects Director: Jimmy Elliott
Visual Effects Directors: Bill Camp, Shaun Whittacker-Cook, Alan Berry

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Keith Wilson

CAST
Stanley Unwin (Father Stanley)
Keith Alexander (Agent Blake)
Sylvia Anderson (Mrs Harding)
Gary Files (Matthew Harding)
David Graham
David Healy
Jeremy Wilkin (The Bishop)

SUMMARY

Father Unwin is secretly an undercover agent for BISHOP and undertakes hazardous special missions with the help of his assistant Matthew Harding who he miniaturises using a revolutionary new device.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: ITC Films

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Service secret – French Canadian title

KEYWORDS

miniature humans, puppet, secret agents

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009