The Contract
The Cold War heats up on the German border.
121988•50m
Drama
A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.
Production
Yorkshire Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 3, 1988
Last Aired
January 5, 1988
Networks
ITV1
Created By
Gerald Seymour
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Part 1
Air date: 1988-01-03
British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.
E2
Part 2
Air date: 1988-01-04
Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.
E3
Part 3
Air date: 1988-01-05
Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.
Cast
Kevin McNally
Johnny Donoghue
Bernard Hepton
Henry Carter
James Faulkner
Charles Mawby
Hans Caninenberg
Professor Guttman
Brigitte Karner
Erica Guttman
Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff
Willi Guttmann
Donald Pickering
Permanent Undersecretary
Robert Lang
Deputy Undersecretary
Bert Parnaby
Adam Percy
Claus-Peter Seifert
Ulf Becker
Hans Schödel
Heini Schalke
Katharina Abt
Jutte Hamburg
Marion Kracht
Renate
Edward Clayton
Charlie Davies
Judy Holt
Lizzie Forsyth
