Set in the 1900s, when the British Secret Service was a new, unofficial arm of military activity, the series features Captain Robert Virgin - an officer and a gentleman who fights as a man of honour.

Virgin is tasked with escorting a princess back ... and von Brauner is quick to see the possibilities if he can obtain the secret for himself and his ally Generalissimo Chu Chen Yu.

“And ‘Secret Service’ is the most intrepid of them ... “With limitless talent, Gordon infuses each of his series with its own remarkable, distinctive personality and unrivalled stakes ...