Secret Army - Season 2 - Eps 1: The Hostage
Some months have passed, and Albert and Monique are preparing for the grand opening of the Restaurant Candide on Brussels’ Grand Place, financed by London to allow Lifeline to continue its activities. Lifeline also recruits a new forger, Max Brocard. Alain brings a British agent to the Candide with an urgent request from London: a Brigadier General with information on a major Allied offensive in North Africa (named in the programme as Operation Torch) has been shot down on his way to a top secret meeting and must be rescued at all odds. Natalie has already discovered the Brigadier and prepares to take him down the line. However, disaster strikes when a German soldier is murdered, and in retaliation, Kessler orders that twenty people are to be held hostage and shot if the killer doesn’t give himself up. The Brigadier is one of the hostages.
About 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
Albert Foiret
Angela Richards
Monique Duchamps
Clifford Rose
Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler
Juliet Hammond-Hill
Natalie Chantrens
