The Secret Agent (2016)

Directed by

Charles McDougall

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A spy works undercover in 1900s London for a foreign embassy, while his wife's brother plots a bombing. The series follows the tangled loyalties and dangerous games of deception among the characters.

tenseslow-burngloomysuspensefulbleakcerebralmorally greyclaustrophobic

What happens

The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. The show stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, David Dawson and Ian Hart. The three-part series began airing on BBC One on 17 July 2016. It is the fourth BBC adaptation of the novel, others having previously been made in 1967, 1972 and 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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