Underplayed Gems

The Secret Agent (1992)

The Secret Agent poster
Directed by
David Drury
Genre
drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man runs a small shop in London while secretly working as a spy for a foreign embassy. His wife and her anarchist friends get drawn into a plot that threatens their lives.

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What happens

The Secret Agent is a 1992 drama miniseries in three parts, made for the BBC. Directed by David Drury, it is the television adaptation of the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. Starring David Suchet, Cheryl Campbell, and Peter Capaldi, it was first shown in the United Kingdom from 28 October to 11 November 1992. In the U.S. it was the final production introduced for Masterpiece Theatre by host Alistair Cooke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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