• 1977
  • 50m
Secret Army

Summary During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom. View more details

  • 1977
  • 50m

Secret Army

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Bernard Hepton Angela Richards Clifford Rose Juliet Hammond

All cast & crew

8.5

Details

Genres : Drama History War

Release date : Sep 6, 1977

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT)

Summary During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History War

Release date : Sep 6, 1977

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT)

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 06, 1977
Lisa - Codename Yvette
Lisa and Albert are suspicious when a former evader returns to the Candide. Meanwhile, Major Brandt, of the Luftwaffe Polizei, sizes up the newly arrived Ludwig Kessler.
Episode 2 • Sep 13, 1977
Sergeant on the Run
Some escapees are caught and shot by Kessler. One survives, but he would rather die than talk.
Episode 3 • Sep 20, 1977
Radishes with Butter
Curtis brings money from England for the escape plans, befriends a Jewish family living in hiding and tries to become involved with Yvette.
Episode 4 • Sep 27, 1977
Child's Play
Brandt receives an article by an escaped American airman. Thinking it contains useful intelligence, he uses it to team up with a French gendarme and identify an escape route over the Pyrenees - and almost captures Lisa.
Episode 5 • Oct 04, 1977
Second Chance
A downed airman is found by a bargeman, but the bargeman's offer of help is not what it seems.
Episode 6 • Oct 11, 1977
Growing Up
A young boy finds a wounded airman hiding in a barn. Rashly, the airman gives the boy a gift and puts Lifeline at risk.
Episode 7 • Oct 18, 1977
Lost Sheep
A new aircraft is shot down. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant Peter Romsey, survives but cannot be sure of his safety. Separated from his Lifeline companions in France, he takes refuge with English author Hugh Neville and his wife Dorothy.
Episode 8 • Oct 25, 1977
Guilt
Curtis wants to investigate who betrayed Peter Romsey in France, but Lifeline does not trust him and puts Monique on his tail.
Episode 9 • Nov 01, 1977
Too Near Home
Yvette is imprisoned in a raid and her uncle Gaston is taken and questioned by Kessler. Lifeline is faced with collapse.
Episode 10 • Nov 08, 1977
Identity in Doubt
A downed South African airman, Noel Uys cannot convince Lifeline of his identity and seizes Natalie as a hostage.
Episode 11 • Nov 22, 1977
A Question of Loyalty
The Gestapo infiltrate the Lifeline organization with German officer Ernst Stoller posing as an escaped airman. Monique falls for the infiltrator.
Episode 12 • Nov 29, 1977
Hymn to Freedom
Recognizing the value of a propaganda coup if successful, Curtis persuades Yvette to help smuggle a Belgian minister in the puppet regime to England. Meanwhile, Lifeline has been penetrated by another German agent.
Episode 13 • Dec 06, 1977
Bait
A downed British airman approaches Madame Bidout, an elderly Englishwoman and asks her for help. She hides him, but is so frightened that she calls Major Brandt, a childhood friend of her late son. The airman turns out to be another German plant working for Kessler, hoping Bidout will lead them to the resistance.
Episode 14 • Dec 13, 1977
Good Friday
Prior Father Pierre shelters an RAF escapee in his monastery, but Brother Anselm thinks friars should stay out of the war. His betrayal brings in Kessler and the Gestapo.
Episode 15 • Dec 20, 1977
Suspicions
Curtis is under suspicion for subversive activity and possible murder. Kessler and Brandt trace him to the Café Candide, then take him for questioning.
Episode 16 • Dec 28, 1977
Be the First Kid in Your Block to Rule the World
Curtis's cover is blown and Kessler orders a security ring around Brussels and a massive search to trap Curtis. Curtis poses as a bus driver for a Hitler Youth day trip in a desperate attempt to flee the city.
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