Fairly Secret Army

Fairly Secret Army (1984)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • First Air Date: 1984-10-22
  • Last Air Date: 1986-10-13
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 13
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Video Arts
  • Network: Channel 4
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Summary

Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy in that series, and the scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs. Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott is an inept and slightly barmy ex-army man intent on training a group of highly unlikely people into a secret paramilitary organisation. This idea first emerged in an episode of Perrin when Jimmy confided the plan to Reggie and was based on persistent though unsubstantiated rumours in the 1970s press that right wing generals were secretly planning a coup to rescue Britain from union militancy. The character's name was changed due to Fairly Secret Army being broadcast on Channel 4, and the television rights to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and its characters being held by the BBC. The first series was script edited by John Cleese, whose training films company was responsible for the series. The series did not have a laughter track. Nobbs only started work on the show when he turned down an offer to write a spin-off sitcom for Manuel of Fawlty Towers.

  • Keywords: military, sitcom
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    Fairly Secret Army Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1984-10-22
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1986-09-01
    7 Episodes

    Fairly Secret Army Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1A Chap Worth Following30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Operation Charm30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Romance Plughole30 min
    Season 1Episode 4The Pulses Quicken30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Eight Bods, Need More30 min
    Season 1Episode 6When the Talking Had to Stop30 min
    Season 2Episode 1I've Got a Job for You30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Odd Chaps, Women30 min
    Season 2Episode 3This Could Be Extremely Dangerous, Sir30 min
    Season 2Episode 4One Mistake, Whole Caboosh Plughole30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Ever Tried Making Love to a Marxist?30 min
    Season 2Episode 6You're Going to Be a Hero, Harry30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Treacherous Chaps, Causes30 min
    • Richard Ridings

      as Ron Boat
    • John Nettleton

      as Smith
    • Jeremy Child

      as Beamish
    • Diane Fletcher

      as Nancy
    • Geoffrey Palmer

      as Major Harry Truscott
    • Michael Robbins

      as Sgt. Major Throttle
    • Liz Fraser

      as Doris Entwisle

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