Secret Army is a television drama series made by the
BBC and the Belgian national broadcaster BRT (now
VRT) created by
Gerard Glaister. The series tells the story of a fictional
Belgian resistance movement during the
Second World War dedicated to returning Allied airmen, usually having been shot down by the
Luftwaffe, to the United Kingdom. The series was made in the UK and Belgium and three series were broadcast on
BBC1 between 7 September 1977 and 15 December 1979.