Harry's Game (1982)

Directed by

Lawrence Gordon Clark

Genre

crime, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British undercover agent is sent to Belfast to track down an IRA sniper who killed a government official. The series follows his dangerous mission while showing the everyday tension of life during the Troubles.

tensegrittybleakatmosphericslow-burnsuspensefulseriousgrounded

What happens

Harry's Game is a British three-part television drama made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour, a journalist. Apart from brief scenes in London, it is set in and around Belfast during the Troubles. Its lead actors were Ray Lonnen, Derek Thompson and Benjamin Whitrow. The series was well received, and added to the channel's reputation for producing quality TV drama. The drama is noted for its closing music, "Theme from Harry's Game", by the Irish musical group Clannad. The music was used in trailers and later commercially released, reaching the top five of Irish and British singles charts, bringing the band its first major international exposure. The drama, filmed in West Yorkshire, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been released under five other names in other countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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