The Secret Service is the title of a British children's Spy-fi series produced by Gerry Anderson and Lord Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions company for ITC Entertainment in 1969 and broadcast on some ITV stations in the United Kingdom. Created by Anderson and his wife Sylvia and produced by Reg Hill, the series was the last to use Gerry Anderson's trademark Supermarionation process which made use of specialised marionettes.
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The Secret Service is the title of a British children's Spy-fi series produced by Gerry Anderson and Lord Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions company for ITC Entertainment in 1969 and broadcast on some ITV stations in the United Kingdom. Created by Anderson and his wife Sylvia and produced by Reg Hill, the series was the last to use Gerry Anderson's trademark Supermarionation process which made use of specialised marionettes.
The Secret Service broke the pattern of most of the Supermarionation series that preceded it by being set in the present day (most of Anderson's other shows of the 1960s were set in the near or far future). It also made unprecedented use of live action footage, which was blended in with closeups of the Supermarionated puppets. Where in previous series, live action was limited to closeups of hands or feet, footage of real actors was often used when showing characters from a distance, driving a car, etc.
The series followed the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, a...
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