Secret Army - Season 1 - Eps 1: Lisa-Codename Yvette

1977-09-07? min⭐ 7.455/10

Lifeline, a Brussels-based resistance organisation smuggling downed RAF fliers back to Britain, is endangered when Luftwaffe Major Erwin Brandt blows one of their safehouses. The Lifeline leaders, Lisa Colbert and café proprietor Albert Foiret, are suspicious when London sends Flight Lieutenant John Curtis, who had previously gone down the line with Lisa, to help co-ordinate their activities. Brandt, meanwhile, also finds assistance from Gestapo Sturnbannfuhrer Ludwig Kessler, transferred from Berlin to crack down on the evasion lines.

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About Secret Army

Secret Army

Title: Secret Army

First Air Date: 1977-09-07

Last Air Date: 1979-12-22

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.455/10 (from 11 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 4

Total Episodes: 43

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama, War & Politics

Production Companies: BBC, Belgische Radio en Televisie

Synopsis

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

Cast

Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton

Albert Foiret

Angela Richards

Angela Richards

Monique Duchamps

Clifford Rose

Clifford Rose

Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler

Juliet Hammond-Hill

Juliet Hammond-Hill

Natalie Chantrens

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