Chessgame (1983)

Directed by

Roger Tucker, Ken Grieve

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four British counter-intelligence agents work together to uncover secrets and stop threats during the Cold War. The show follows their investigations and the mind games they play with their enemies.

measuredmysterioussuspensefulcool-tonedmethodicalconversationalclever

What happens

Chessgame is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983. The theme music was composed by Christopher Gunning. Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley (Terence Stamp), Faith Steerforth (Carmen du Sautoy), Nick Hannah (Michael Culver) and Hugh Roskill (Robin Sachs). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Fourth Arm (1983)
• Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983)
• Masquerade (1983)
• The Game (2014)
• Espionage (1963)
• The Champions (1968)
• Spy Trap (1972)
• Killing Eve (2018)