Secret Army: The Complete Series 1-3 DVD, 1979

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MovieMail's Review

Bernard Hepton's cafe is at the centre of attempts to get allied airmen back to safety in this hugely popular 1970s WWII drama from the BBC, now available in its entirety.

Before ‘Allo ‘Allo turned the Nazis into harmless buffoons, the resistance was treated seriously but no less entertainingly by the BBC’s Secret Army (1977-79). A huge popular hit, the series evolved as a sequel of sorts to producer Gerald Glaister’s equally successful Colditz (1972-74). This time, however, the setting is occupied Belgium, where café owner Albert (Bernard Hepton) and his staff conspire to smuggle shot-down British airmen to safety under the very noses of the Luftwaffe. Needless to say, the activity is fraught with mortal danger, lending the series much tension and excitement. But the rich characterisation and intelligent scripts also position Secret Army as a genuine high point of seventies TV drama. Hepton is fondly remembered as Albert, but Clifford Rose’s Sturmbahnführer Kessler effectively steals the show — for the era, it’s a particularly subtle performance of a Gestapo officer. (Rose returned for an eponymous sequel, Kessler, in 1981). Banish ‘Allo ‘Allo’s bumbling René from your minds; this is a more enduring testament to clandestine World War II bravery.

MovieMail on 25th February 2010
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Film Information

Director - Paul Annett

Produced - 1979

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Jan Francis, Michael Culver, Valentine Dyall, Ron Pember

DVD Details

Certificate:	12	Publisher:	Simply Media	Region:	2
Length:	2340 mins	Aspect:	4:3	Cat No:	132588
Format:	DVD Colour

DVD Extras

12 discs

Film Description

All three series of the BBC 1970s wartime drama 'Secret Army' which portrayed the war waged by one group of Belgian resistance fighters against German occupation during the Second World War.