Alexander Doré
Karl von Brauner
Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)
Season 1
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.
Released March 27, 1968
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Keywords: imdb.espionage
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Dark Deeds on the Northwest Frontier
A professor is abducted while hunting butterflies on the Afghan border.
March 28, 1968, midnight
S1E2 - Russian Roundabout
A Russian masterplan to bring down the British Empire is hidden in the St Petersburg palace of Prince Rouvaloff.
April 4, 1968, midnight
S1E3 - Entente Cordiale
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.
April 11, 1968, midnight
S1E4 - The Great Ring of Akba
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.
April 18, 1968, midnight
S1E5 - The Amazons
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.
April 25, 1968, midnight
S1E6 - The Rajah and the Suffragette
Virgin and Doublett uncover a plot to stir the Indian princes against the British Raj, masterminded by von Brauner.
May 2, 1968, midnight
S1E7 - Persuasion of a Million Drops
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.
May 9, 1968, midnight
S1E8 - Pride of Assassins
Von Brauner has been ordered to arrange the assassination of the King of Croatia.
May 16, 1968, midnight
S1E9 - Across the Silver Pass of Gusri Song
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.
May 23, 1968, midnight
S1E10 - The Pyramid Plot
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?
May 30, 1968, midnight
S1E11 - A Fate Worse Than Death
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.
June 6, 1968, midnight
S1E12 - The Professor Goes West
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.
June 13, 1968, midnight
S1E13 - Wings Over Glencraig
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...
June 20, 1968, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: March 27, 1968
Last Air Date: June 20, 1968, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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