The Secret Agent (2016)
6.4/10
Drama
Thriller
Espionage
Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Jul 2016
- Runtime
- 60 mins
- Language
- English
- Status
- Ended
- Official Site
- Visit Site
Networks
BBC One
Storyline
An explosive and heart-breaking adaptation of Joseph Conrad's classic novel of terrorism, espionage and betrayal.London, 1886: Verloc runs a seedy sex shop in the heart of Soho. But unknown to his loyal wife, Winnie, Verloc is also paid by the Russian embassy to spy on an anarchist cell. Furious at Britain's refusal to confront the anarchist threat sweeping across Europe, Verloc's Russian handler gives him a mission: Orchestrate a bombing that will be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a crackdown from the British. Refuse; and Verloc's identity as a spy will be revealed to his anarchist comrades.
Episodes
Cast
Toby Jones
Verloc
Vicky McClure
Winnie
Stephen Graham
Heat
Ian Hart
The Professor
Tom Goodman-Hill
Stone
David Dawson
Vladimir
Raphael Acloque
Ossipon
Charlie Hamblett
Stevie