Underplayed Gems

The Night Manager (2016)

The Night Manager poster
Directed by
Susanne Bier
Cast
Eddie Peng, Sean Lau, Isabella Leong, Carman Lee, Michael Tao, Frederick Lee, George Au, Alan Luk
Genre
drama television series, crime television series, espionage television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 1,319 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A hotel night manager is recruited by British intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of a powerful arms dealer. He must navigate a world of luxury and danger to bring down a dangerous criminal.

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What happens

The Night Manager is a British spy thriller television serial based on the 1993 novel by John le Carré and adapted by David Farr. The six-part first series, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Elizabeth Debicki, began broadcasting on BBC One on 21 February 2016. The Night Manager was nominated for thirty-six awards and won eleven, including two Primetime Emmy Awards (for director Bier and music composer Victor Reyes) and three Golden Globe Awards (for Hiddleston, Colman, and Laurie). In April 2024, The Night Manager was renewed for a second and third series by BBC One and Amazon Prime Video, with Hiddleston and Colman reprising their roles, and Georgi Banks-Davies directing. The second series premiered in the UK on 1 January 2026. In 2023, an Indian adaptation of the same name was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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