The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

The Traitor (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 26 min | Comedy

Suspecting that Edwards, a clerk in the Documents Section, is responsible for betraying the department's agents to the enemy, Briggs exposed a network of traitors - by mistakenly arresting two 'innocent' men.

Director

Bryan Izzard

Writers

Richard Laing | Bernard McKenna

Producer

Humphrey Barclay

Production Designer

Andrew Gardner

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Updated Nov 15, 1974

Release date

Nov 15, 1974 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
David Jason Edgar Briggs Edgar Briggs See fewer	Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Noel Coleman The Commander The Commander See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Francis De Wolff Chulmek Chulmek See fewer	From Russia with Love (1963)
David Davenport Vlacek Vlacek See fewer	Carry on Cleo (1964)
Michael Stainton Buxton Buxton See fewer	You Must Be the Husband (1987)
Barbara Angell Jennifer Briggs Jennifer Briggs See fewer	Superman Returns (2006)
Mark Eden Spencer Spencer See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Elizabeth Counsell Cathy Cathy See fewer	The Invitation (II) (2022)
Edward Burnham Edwards Edwards See fewer	To Sir, with Love (1967)
Michael Burrell Taylor Taylor See fewer	Hess (1986)
Michael Collins Robinson Robinson See fewer	The Onedin Line (1971)
David Webb Actor Actor See fewer	The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959)