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The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs. Edgar Briggs (David Jason). Copyright: London Weekend Television
The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs

The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1974
  • 13 episodes (1 series)

Edgar Briggs is a counter-espionage agent responsible for adding more confusion to a case than was there before. Stars David Jason, Barbara Angell, Elizabeth Counsell, Noel Coleman, Mark Eden and Michael Stainton

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