Close to the Enemy (2016)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British intelligence officer in postwar London tries to persuade a German scientist to work for the British government instead of the Americans. He also deals with his own troubled family and the secrets of those around him.

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What happens

Close to the Enemy is a British period drama television miniseries set in 1946 in London. It is written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Jim Sturgess, Freddie Highmore, Charlotte Riley, Phoebe Fox, Alfred Molina, Ciara Charteris, Lindsay Duncan, August Diehl, Alfie Allen, Angela Bassett, Antje Traue, Lucy Ward, Sebastian Armesto, Julian Bleach, Charity Wakefield, Aleksandar Jovanovic, and Robert Glenister. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 10 November 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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