The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs The Escape Route (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Comedy

The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs

The Escape Route (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Comedy

Assigned to discover who is behind an escape route, Briggs find himself swimming in muddy water but nevertheless stumbles across the ringleader - and accidently rounds up the gang single-handed.

Director

Bryan Izzard

Writers

Richard Laing | Bernard McKenna

Producer

Humphrey Barclay

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Updated Oct 6, 1974

Release date

Oct 6, 1974 (United Kingdom)

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11 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)
Arnold Diamond Ramsden Ramsden See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Ian Elliot Prison Warder (as Ian Elliott) Prison Warder (as Ian Elliott) See fewer	Doomwatch (1970)
John Hollis Muller Muller See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Michael Stainton Buxton Buxton See fewer	You Must Be the Husband (1987)
Mark Eden Spencer Spencer See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Elizabeth Counsell Cathy Cathy See fewer	The Invitation (II) (2022)
Dennis Blanch Van Driver Van Driver See fewer	The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
David Neville Hotel Receptionist Hotel Receptionist See fewer	Topsy-Turvy (1999)
David Webb Actor Actor See fewer	The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959)