TV series

Virgin of the Secret Service

1968 · 1 season

A light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek spy adventure with old-fashioned charm and playful derring-do.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Light, whimsical, campy and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Loyalty, deception, power, friendship
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loyalty
deception
power
friendship
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none