Fairly Secret Army
A sitcom chronicling the efforts of a right wing secret army to fight against undesirable elements of society
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1984 - 1986
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 13 (2 series)
- Starring
- Geoffrey Palmer, Diane Fletcher, Jeremy Child, Michael Robbins, Liz Fraser, Paul Chapman, Ray Winstone, Jeremy Sinden and others
- Writer
- David Nobbs
- Directors
- Robert Young and Roy Ward Baker
- Producer
- Peter Robinson
Major Harry Truscott wishes to build a secret army to fight against 'forces of anarchy' in this David Nobbs sitcom. He faces struggles to recruit new members to his cause and then has to infiltrate a Marxist cell to prove the army's worth. He is aided in all of this by the adoring Nancy.
- Soundtrack
- Music by Michael Nyman.
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 22nd October 1984 on Channel 4 at 8:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 13th October 1986 on Channel 4 at 8:30pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes