Virgin of the Secret Service
★ 5.7·1968·1 seasons · 13 episodes·Series
Action & AdventureDrama
Synopsis
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.
Episodes
Season 11E1Dark Deeds on the Northwest FrontierA professor is abducted while hunting butterflies on the Afghan border.60m2E2Russian RoundaboutA Russian masterplan to bring down the British Empire is hidden in the St Petersburg palace of Prince Rouvaloff.60m3E3Entente CordialeDoublett 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.60m4E4The Great Ring of AkbaVirgin 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.60m5E5The AmazonsVirgin 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.60m6E6The Rajah and the SuffragetteVirgin and Doublett uncover a plot to stir the Indian princes against the British Raj, masterminded by von Brauner.60m7E7Persuasion of a Million DropsA 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.60m8E8Pride of AssassinsVon Brauner has been ordered to arrange the assassination of the King of Croatia.60m9E9Across the Silver Pass of Gusri SongAn 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.60m10E10The Pyramid PlotAs 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?60m11E11A Fate Worse Than DeathWhen 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.60m12E12The Professor Goes WestWhen 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.60m13E13Wings Over GlencraigAt 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...60m
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