Watch Series: The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs Released in (1974) - Season 1 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Comedy, and content rating 30min with duration 30 min broadcasted as these networks ITV, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Bryan Izzard, Bruce Gowers. The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs was a 30-minute British television comedy series created by Bernard McKenna & Richard Laing and produced by Humphrey Barclay for LWT. It was transmitted on the ITV network 15 September - 20 December 1974 and featured David Jason as the inept Edgar Briggs, personal assistant to the Commander of the British Secret Intelligence Service who, in spite of his cluelessness, manages to solve case after case. It has been likened to the earlier American series Get Smart. - Season 1