Am rewatching this series after 45 years when it was a smash hit for the BBC. It followed the equally absorbing Colditz, which was also very popular.
It's easy to watch very old TV programmes through 21st century eyes and be critical of the staging but the story remains strong. The actors throughout were pretty good and the writing was pretty nuanced, the 'goodies' were not always good or trustworthy and the 'baddies' exhibited had rounder characters than is often expressed.
It's easy to forget, nearly 80 years after the end of the Second World War, the efforts made by ordinary people to resist actual and threatened invasion of their country and the sacrifices they made. Secret Army isn't glamorous, the actors are (with no disrespect) ordinary looking and as was the case, could have been the people next door. It is the story that is the centre of attention and the series remains very watchable for that reason.
It's easy to watch very old TV programmes through 21st century eyes and be critical of the staging but the story remains strong. The actors throughout were pretty good and the writing was pretty nuanced, the 'goodies' were not always good or trustworthy and the 'baddies' exhibited had rounder characters than is often expressed.
It's easy to forget, nearly 80 years after the end of the Second World War, the efforts made by ordinary people to resist actual and threatened invasion of their country and the sacrifices they made. Secret Army isn't glamorous, the actors are (with no disrespect) ordinary looking and as was the case, could have been the people next door. It is the story that is the centre of attention and the series remains very watchable for that reason.