Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

In a toxic work culture, what would you do to survive?

2022•56m•6.2/10

Mystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(18)

Sam is a hard-headed manager at a family-run business in the North West. However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception she is forced to reckon with not only murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well.

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Production

The Forge Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 11, 2022

Last Aired

January 19, 2022

Networks

BBC One

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2022-01-11

A brutal death at her workplace forces COO Sam to unpick the series of events that led up to that moment, starting with the arrival of newly hired HR director Maya.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2022-01-12

As Maya digs into the company’s toxic work culture and a mysterious death that occurred ten years earlier, Sam starts to question her own culpability.

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2022-01-18

Sam struggles to keep her home and work life together when Maya discovers evidence that threatens to upend the company.

Episode 4

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2022-01-19

As the police circle, Sam tries to pretend that everything is normal, but faced with her own morals, she must decide whether to pick up where Maya left off.

Cast

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Sam Thompson

Rakhee Thakrar

Rakhee Thakrar

Maya Benshaw

Dominic Vulliamy

Duncan

Ben Batt

Ben Batt

Owen Jenkins

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Anita Jenkins

Amy Leeson

Amy Dixon

Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Vanessa Jenkins

Susan Wokoma

Susan Wokoma

DI Eve Preston

Callie Cooke

Callie Cooke

Tess Jones

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