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	The Secret Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secret Service is the title of a British children's SpyFi series that was produced by Gerry Anderson and Lord Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions company for ITC Entertainment in 1969 and broadcast on ITV networks in the United Kingdom.
		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).
		Ultimately, The Secret Service would be Anderson's last full-scale puppet series until the 1980s; for the next decade, he would work almost exclusively on live action productions such as Space: 1999 and The Protectors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Secret_Service (549 words)

	Supermarionation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Supermarionation (standing for super marionette animation) is a puppetry technique devised by the British production company AP Films and used extensively in its numerous children's action-adventure series, the most famous of which is undoubtedly Thunderbirds.
		Secret Service was actually a hybrid of live-action and Supermarionation, using footage of live actors from a distance to depict driving, walking, etc. Production was cancelled by ITC owner Lew Grade before the pilot episode aired; the 13 completed episodes aired sporadically on ATV and other British broadcasters beginning in 1969.
		A recent US television advertisement for the Orbitz online travel service is styled to suggest supermarionation, though whether it could correctly be called by the term is open to question.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supermarionation (722 words)

	Secret Service [Definition]
		For the television series, see The Secret Service The Secret Service is the title of a British children's SpyFi series that was produced by Lord Lew Grade's AP Films in 1969 and broadcast on ITV networks in the United Kingdom.
		A secret police may also be said to be a secret service.
		EspionageEspionage is the practice of obtaining secrets (spying) from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage.
	www.wikimirror.com /Secret_service (538 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Secret Service: Comp Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Secret Service was the last "Supermarionation" series from the Gerry Anderson stable produced in the 1960's, probably the hey-day of the legendary producer's TV output.
		The Secret Service is lacking in much of this, and you're left wondering why it was made with marionettes at all.
		Secret Service is a brilliant series which combines quirky Englishness with Supermarionation.
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	The Secret Service (series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In The Secret Service, the last of Anderson's Supermarionation series, Anderson gives us yet another hush-hush secret espionage branch of the British government, this time code-named BISHOP: the British Intelligence Secret Headquarter Operation Priest.
		BISHOP is the brainchild of Father Stanley Unwin, a village priest who came up with a marvelous machine he has dubbed the "minimizer" that allows him to shrink anything or anyone to pint-size.
		The Secret Service is a curio at best — not as creative as Anderson's other series, but still a hoot in its own right.
	www.classicsondvd.com /secretservice.htm (495 words)

	TV Century 21 - the Gerry Anderson home page - Snappy Gallery - Secret Service: A Case for the Bishop
		This is the basic premise of The Secret Service, the Anderson's 7th Supermarionation television series.
		The Secret Service attempted to 'trump' Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 by freely mixing live shots with standard Supermarionation puppet and model shots.
		Like Supercar, The Secret Service took place in the 'present' day of 1969, thus, live action surroundings and vehicles could be used without much difficulty.
	www.tvcentury21.com /content/view/85/31 (1148 words)

	Trading Page: The Secret Service
		The last, and less known Supermarionation series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson comes to DVD, region 2 PAL format (UK and the rest of Europe) for the first time ever, on June 20, 2005, a year and a half after its release in North America.
		Stanley Unwin), a very special secret agent, who, with the help of a neat invention, can reduce his partner Matthew Harding (who posed as the presbytery gardener) to the size of a (puppetsized) doll, in order to crack various cases for the BISHOP organisation.
		Stanley Unwin) a crack Secret agent (!!!!!!!!) and his gardener Matthew, whom, with the help of a very neat invention, can be reduced to the size of a midget doll and be carried around in a suitcase...
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		The Secret Service, Gerry Anderson's final Supermarionation series, sounds so odd that it might put off fans, but that would be a pity.
		This 13 episode series combines numerous Anderson trademarks, with both Supermarionation and live action, in a daring and delightful show.
		'The Secret Service' was a transition for Gerry Anderson, going from "supermarionation" ala 'Thunderbirds', 'Captain Scarlet', et al, to live action like 'UFO' and 'Space:1999'.
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	THE GERRY ANDERSON LOCATION GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Unorthodox Shepherd paved the way for The Secret Service, both in its plot-line of a man of the cloth who is not all he seems to be, and its use of location footage inserted into the studio-shot interior sequences.
		On The Secret Service, a second unit headed by director Ken Turner was responsible for finding the buildings and houses that would appear in location footage, and also the sections of country road along which the vehicles (mostly Gabriel, Father Unwin's Model T Ford) would be seen travelling.
		Sadly, after 13 episodes, The Secret Service was cancelled and this spelled the end for Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation as he moved forward with live-action productions such as UFO and The Protectors.
	www.fanderson.org.uk /prodguides/locationguide.html (817 words)

	TVShowsOnDVD.com - Secret Service, The - The Complete Series
		Father Unwin appears to be a typical parish priest, but he owns a unique device that can shrink people to a fraction of their normal size.
		When the government learns of the "minimizer," they recruit Unwin to their secret B.I.S.H.O.P. program and assign a top-notch agent, Matthew Harding, as his assistant.
		Gerry Anderson's final Supermarionation series, The Secret Service, starred the legendary British comic and vocal master Stanley Unwin, who voiced the Father in this trademark "Unwinese" language.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=3261 (148 words)

	The Secret Service - The Complete Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She's single and in desperate need of a date for her sister's wedding, and he's a handsome male escort with a killer accent.
		1969's The Secret Service was Anderson's final supermarionation series before he turned exclusively to the live-action format.
		When the British government learns of the device, they recruit Father Unwin for the Secret Service, pairing him up with agent Matthew Harding (Gary Files) for a series of dangerous missions.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/secret_service_the_complete_series/about.php (325 words)

	Science Fiction Movie and TV Reviews
		The Secret Service is a curiosity among all SuperMarionation productions (a curious bunch as a whole, for those not used to the Andersons' addictive blend of puppetry, SF hardware and brilliant miniature work).
		As a curiosity, The Secret Service is worth a look, but should be purchased only by Anderson completists.
		The Secret Service got me itching to see a few other vintage Anderson productions I haven't seen in a while; I'm champing at the bit to see a few Thunderbirds episodes as I type this.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue351/screen3.html (604 words)

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		Factor in Matthew Harding as the faithful operator, a shrinking ray, and the good father's odd eccentricities: talking in an offbeat language called "Unwinese," driving a 1919 flivver, and you've got the makings of a quirky Anderson classic.
		As a fitting finale to Anderson's Supermarionation series, The Secret Service is last but not least.
		This series, the last of the 'supermarionation' process after 'Captain Scarlet' and 'Joe 90', is definitely recommended for fans of the genre, young and old alike.
	www.tvshow-dvds.com /pub/B0000TWNB0.html (491 words)

	Gary Royal: Supermarionation Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Supermarionation is a trademark of Carlton International Media Ltd
		Fireball XL5 is the fifth puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and the first to introduce the trademark Supermarionation ("Super Marionette Animation").
		Current and future Supermarionation Theater releases will be presented in this format.
	groyal.tripod.com /superm/theater (382 words)

	Roobarb's DVD Forum -> Gerry Anderson's The Secret Service
		My nephew really enjoyed it too (I think he was about 7 at the time), I was unsure if he'd take to it having only seen Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet.
		I can undertand why Grade put the kibosh on it, as I gather that the costs of producing the Supermarionation shows was rising at a time when Anderson was producing series that didn't seem to have the obvious hit potential of a Thunderbirds.
		It is, though, just about the only time I think I could berate Network for not including subtitles on their discs...
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	Toonhound - The Secret Service
		extraordinary secret that the clergyman is keeping under his collar...
		inserted into the Supermarionation world, but 'The Secret Service' was a
		"The Secret Service" might just as well have been a live-action production.
	www.toonhound.com /secretserv.htm (497 words)

	www.britvidz.co.uk - childrens - the secret service
		PLEASE ENSURE TO The Secret Service was Gerry Anderson's final supermarionation series before he turned to the live-action format.
		Legendary comic and vocal master Stanley Unwin stars as the voice of Father Unwin, a seemingly-typical parish priest who owns a unique machine that shrinks people down to a fraction of their size.
		When the British government learns of the device, they recruit Father Unwin for the Secret Service, pairing him up with agent Matthew Harding for a series of dangerous missions.
	www.britvidz.co.uk /chi0000001s.htm (336 words)

	Secret Service - Complete Series
		The story involves a team of Father Unwin and secret agent Matthew Harding, who the holy man shrinks with a secret shrinking ray to go on missions for the government!
		The shrinking angle here never works, partly because it does not make sense why Matthew needs to be shrunk so often, and it becomes as laughably repetitious as Joe 90 in his psychedelic mind transference machine.
		That is not much, but the shows are all here and now the entire series of SuperMarionation shows are on DVD.
	www.fulvuedrive-in.com /review/549/Secret+Service+Complete+Series (623 words)

	Needcoffee.com DVD Review: The Secret Service: Complete Series (1969)
		From his "Supermarionation" classic Thunderbirds to live-action fare like Space: 1999, he brought a memorable handful of shows to the canon of "classic sci-fi television." He also, however, threw out a few pitches that just flat failed to make it across home plate.
		Built around the concept of a priest who is secretly an agent for the British crown, the series is essentially a baker's dozen worth of repetitions of the same basic formula, with very little to differentiate each episode from the next and no spiffy model rocketships flying around to break things up.
		Of course, as a lesser-known show with a limited run, there may not be a wealth of material out there.
	www.needcoffee.com /html/dvd/sservice.htm (516 words)

	The Secret Service - The Complete Series
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	TV Century 21 - the Gerry Anderson home page - Secret Service
		The Hows and Whys of Supermarionation - part 4
		The Hows and Whys of Supermarionation - part 3
		The Hows and Whys of Supermarionation - part 2
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	Roobarb's DVD Forum > Gerry Anderson's The Secret Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		5 Jul 2005, 10:32 PM I can undertand why Grade put the kibosh on it, as I gather that the costs of producing the Supermarionation shows was rising at a time when Anderson was producing series that didn't seem to have the obvious hit potential of a Thunderbirds.
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	Secret Service - The Complete Series DVD
		During the 1960s, British television producer Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds, Space: 1999) created a series of programs utilizing "Supermarionation," an unconventional style that blended puppetry with live action.
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		The Secret Service - The Complete Series DVD
		Factor in Matthew Harding as the faithful operator, a shrinking ray, and the good father's odd eccentricities: talking in an offbeat language...
		The switch between puppets and live actors can almost fool one into...
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