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Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy Anderson from that series, who himself featured in a scene where he tried to recruit Reggie to a secret army with very similar aims to Truscott's (a scene repeated, near verbatim, in episode 2 of Fairly Secret Army). The scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs.

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rdfs:label	Fairly Secret Army (en)
rdfs:comment	Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy Anderson from that series, who himself featured in a scene where he tried to recruit Reggie to a secret army with very similar aims to Truscott's (a scene repeated, near verbatim, in episode 2 of Fairly Secret Army). The scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Roy Ward Baker Bbc.co.uk David Nobbs 1986 British television series endings John Nettleton (actor) Richard Ridings 1980s British sitcoms English-language television shows Military comedy television series Gareth Forwood Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Liz Fraser Situation comedy Harold Wilson conspiracy theories BBC Fawlty Towers Diane Fletcher Channel 4 sitcoms The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Archive.org 1984 British television series debuts Channel 4 Jeremy Child John Cleese Spin-off (media) Michael Robbins Ray Winstone Sitcom Video Arts
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starring	Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Liz Fraser Diane Fletcher Jeremy Child Michael Robbins
title	Fairly Secret Army (en)
has abstract	Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy Anderson from that series, who himself featured in a scene where he tried to recruit Reggie to a secret army with very similar aims to Truscott's (a scene repeated, near verbatim, in episode 2 of Fairly Secret Army). The scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs. Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott (ex Queen's Own West Mercian Lowlanders) is an inept and slightly barmy ex-army man intent on training a group of highly unlikely people into a secret paramilitary organisation. This idea first emerged in an episode of Perrin when Jimmy confided the plan to Reggie (who rubbished it) and was based on persistent and subsequently verified rumours in the 1970s press that far-right generals were secretly planning a coup to "rescue" Britain from trade union militancy. The character's name was changed because Fairly Secret Army was broadcast on Channel 4, and the television rights to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and its characters were held by the BBC. The first series was script edited by John Cleese, whose training films company was responsible for the series. The series did not have a laughter track. Nobbs only started work on the show when he turned down an offer to write a spin-off sitcom for Manuel of Fawlty Towers. (en)
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