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.
Secret Service was an American action drama television series, created by Gilbert M. Shilton and George Mendeluk, which premiered on NBC on August 16, 1992 and ended on November 17, 1993. The show was a re-enactment of real Secret Service cases. It aired 21 episodes. It was hosted by Steven Ford, the youngest son of former United States President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.
This was the last of Gerry Anderson's "Supermarionation" TV series, a format that officially began with "Supercar" (1960). After this, Anderson would only produce live-action programs for the next 20 years before returning to puppetry.
"Secret Service" blended live action and puppet footage extensively, with actor Unwin, Stanley often doubling for his puppet counterpart in long shots. Stanley Unwin plays Stanley Unwin in this series -- one of the only known occasions where an actor has portrayed a purely fictional character with the exact same name.
The headquarters of B.I.S.H.O.P. are in the Centre Point building at the junction of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road. An architectural icon of 1960s London, the building was deliberately kept empty by property tycoon Harry Hyams for ten years as its value soared from £5m to £20m while not being liable for taxes as it was unoccupied. Gerry Anderson obviously decided the ideal location for a secret intelligence office was an otherwise empty building.
