Saturday, 7 October 2017
807 The Secret Servant
First viewed : March 1987
I missed this three-part adaptation ( by the ever-reliable Brian Clemens ) of a Gavin Lyall novel the first time round in 1984 and I think I missed the beginning of the repeat run in 1987 but I was soon hooked. One reason for that was the terrific theme tune by Dave Greenslade, one of my all time favourites.
Charles Dance played Harry Maxim an SAS officer assigned to protect Professor Tyler a visiting nuclear scientist with a nasty wartime secret. Tyler was played by Dan O'Herlihy, always a reliable villain. The KGB are also interested in the visit and Harry has to tangle with an old adversary, Komoscin ( Constantine Gregory ) , the pair having an almost friendly relationship.
I can't recall all the plot details but I remember it turned out that Tyler had resorted to cannibalism in extremis during World War Two. After discovering the secret, Maxim pulls him away from a banquet and when Tyler protests, Maxim drily remarks "I think you've eaten enough".
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