The Piglet Files
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1990 - 1992
- 21 episodes (3 series)
Mild-mannered, unassuming electronics teacher Peter Chapman is head-hunted by MI5 to teach their spies about the latest espionage technology. Stars Nicholas Lyndhurst, Clive Francis, Serena Evans, John Ringham, Michael Percival and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1990 - 1992
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 21 (3 series)
- Stars
- Nicholas Lyndhurst, Clive Francis, Serena Evans, John Ringham, Michael Percival, Steven Law, Paul Cooper and Louise Catt
- Writers
- Paul Minett and Brian Leveson
- Director
- Robin Carr
- Producer
- Robin Carr
- Company
Electronics lecturer Peter Chapman may have fantasised about a James Bond lifestyle, but disillusion quickly sets in when he finds himself coerced into working for MI5 for real! His spymasters are, in fact, a collection of misinformed, bungling incompetents.
Nevertheless, as gadgets expert 'Piglet', he uses all his skill to combat not only the Soviet agents who are, his bosses are convinced, as active as ever, but a still greater menace: the French secret service.
Peter's toughest challenge, however, seems to be dealing with wife Sarah's suspicions about her husband's increasingly strange habits...
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 7th September 1990 at 8pm on ITV1
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 31st March 2020 at 7:20am on U&Gold - Series 1, Episode 1
- Monday 30th March 2020 at 7:55am on U&Gold - Series 1, Episode 1
- Monday 30th March 2020 at 7:30am on U&Gold - Series 3, Episode 7