Virgin of the Secret Service

1968 - 1968

Dark Deeds on the Northwest Frontier

28th March 1968

Episode 1

A professor is abducted while hunting butterflies on the Afghan border.

Russian Roundabout

Episode 2

A Russian masterplan to bring down the British Empire is hidden in the St Petersburg palace of Prince Rouvaloff.

Entente Cordiale

11th April 1968

Episode 3

Doublett and Mrs Cortez impersonate the Duke and Dutchess of Albany when Entente Cordiale is threatened by von Brauner's attempts to have the Duke killed and throw suspicion on the French.

The Great Ring of Akba

18th April 1968

Episode 4

Virgin is tasked with escorting a princess back to Akba. But, von Brauner plans to capture the princess and deliver her to Akba's murderous new ruler.

The Amazons

25th April 1968

Episode 5

Virgin and Doublett have a desperate mission to Brazil thrust upon them when Colonel Shaw-Camberley learns that a vital rubber plantation is not being worked, and that the company manager's daughters are in dire danger.

The Rajah and the Suffragette

Episode 6

Virgin and Doublett uncover a plot to stir the Indian princes against the British Raj, masterminded by von Brauner.

Persuasion of a Million Drops

Episode 7

A Swiss professor develops a paralysing gas, and von Brauner is quick to see the possibilities if he can obtain the secret for himself and his ally Generalissimo Chu Chen Yu.

Pride of Assassins

Episode 8

Von Brauner has been ordered to arrange the assassination of the King of Croatia.

Across the Silver Pass of Gusri Song

Episode 9

An ancient prophesy tells of a white warrior who will cross the Silver Pass and claim the immortal Shang Li as his bride. Von Brauner plans to make himself the warrior, thus wrecking a proposed trade treaty; but Virgin has a trump card.

The Pyramid Plot

Episode 10

As the Colonel arrives in Egypt to investigate the disappearance of no fewer than seven British officers, he narrowly escapes becoming the eighth. Can Virgin's timely arrival help save the Colonel's life as well as thwarting a plot to seize the Suez Canal?

A Fate Worse Than Death

Episode 11

When Virgin is faced with a plot to assassinate the King and seize the Crown Jewels, he finds that he will have to work with von Brauner during the occasion of the state visit of the Kaiser.

The Professor Goes West

Episode 12

When an Englishman in America invents a magnometer - a device that locates oil - he is kidnapped by von Brauner and would-be oil tycoon Big Jack.

Wings Over Glencraig

Episode 13

At a time when the world is waiting for man to be airborne, it is rumoured that the Laird of Glencraig has invented a flying machine. Men of all nations want the secret - among them the wily von Brauner...

Top Cast

Alexander Doré•Noel Coleman•Clinton Greyn

Action & Adventure Drama

Set in the 1900s, when the British Secret Service was a new, unofficial arm of military activity, the series features Captain Robert Virgin - an officer and a gentleman who fights as a man of honour. Armed only with intelligence, ingenuity, physical strength and abundant charm, Virgin faces every sort of peril as he defends King and country - from industrial espionage to anarchist bomb plots, assassination attempts to kidnapping.

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Alexander Doré Image

Alexander Doré

Karl von Brauner

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Noel Coleman

Col. Shaw-Camberley

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Clinton Greyn

Capt. Robert Virgin

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Veronica Strong

Mrs Virginia Cortez

John Cater Image

John Cater

Fred Doublett

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Peter Diamond

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