💦 Aimi MacDonald Gets a Soaking! | Soda Syphon Mischief | No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)

Things get unexpectedly wet and wonderfully cheeky for the lovely Aimi MacDonald in this scene from No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)! 💦😉 Aimi plays Anna Hudson in this gloriously inexpensive British spoof of the James Bond phenomenon, starring Nicky Henson as secret agent Charles Bind — Number One himself. In this memorable scene, poor Anna finds herself on the receiving end of a soda syphon, which proceeds to thoroughly soak her outfit. And, in true 1970s British exploitation-comedy tradition, the filmmakers certainly weren't unaware of what would happen when Aimi's clothing became wet! 🔥 The result is one of the film's cheekiest moments, with Aimi maintaining that wonderfully innocent, slightly bewildered persona for which she was so well known. It's silly, saucy and completely shameless — exactly the sort of scene that could only have come from British cinema in the 1970s! A contemporary retrospective of the film even singles out Aimi's soda-syphon soaking as one of its memorable moments. 🌼 A Little About The Lovely Aimi MacDonald Born in Glasgow in 1942, Aimi MacDonald began her showbusiness career as a dancer while still in her teens, performing both in Britain and America before moving into West End theatre, television and film. Her big television breakthrough came in 1967 with the ground breaking comedy series At Last the 1948 Show, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Billed as “The Lovely Aimi MacDonald,” she became instantly recognisable for her bubbly personality, blonde looks and extraordinarily high-pitched, almost childlike voice. The programme itself became an important stepping stone towards Monty Python's Flying Circus. And that famous voice apparently wasn't simply something Aimi invented for television. In a 1967 interview she explained that she had always spoken in her distinctive “little girl” voice and hadn't even considered it unusual until she began working on television. Aimi subsequently became a familiar face across British television, with appearances in The Avengers, The Saint, Man at the Top, Dixon of Dock Green and Rentaghost, while her films included Take a Girl Like You (1970), Vampira (1974), Man About the House (1974), Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) and, of course, No. 1 of the Secret Service. She was also a popular regular on BBC Radio's Just a Minute, where that unmistakable voice and apparently dizzy persona concealed a performer perfectly capable of holding her own against the formidable Kenneth Williams. Cute, quirky and utterly distinctive, there really was nobody quite like “The Lovely Aimi MacDonald” — and getting soaked with a soda syphon while maintaining her dignity seems somehow perfectly appropriate! 😄💦 🍿 Subscribe to The Saucy Retro Picture Show for more gorgeous stars, forgotten films and wonderfully cheeky moments from classic British film and television. #AimiMacDonald #No1OfTheSecretService #NickyHenson #BritishComedy #1970sMovies #BritishCinema #VintageGlamour #CultCinema #RetroMovies #TheSaucyRetroPictureShow

Added 23 Sept 2026