The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

152016•57m•5.7/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(13)

London, 1886. Unbeknownst to his loyal wife Winnie, Verloc, a Soho store owner, works as a secret agent for a powerful foreign government.

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Production

World Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

July 17, 2016

Last Aired

July 31, 2016

Networks

BBC One

Created By

Joseph Conrad, Tony Marchant

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Where to Watch

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2016-07-17

Summoned by the Russians, Verloc is given a mission to orchestrate a bombing that can be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a political crackdown by the British.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2016-07-24

After recruiting Winnie's younger brother Stevie to help him in his plot, Verloc goes with the boy to Michaelis' country home.

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2016-07-31

As the authorities struggle to make sense of the rationale behind the Greenwich attack, Chief Inspector Heat moves to arrest Verloc.

Cast

Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Verloc

Charlie Hamblett

Charlie Hamblett

Stevie

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

The Professor

Vicky McClure

Vicky McClure

Winnie

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

Heat

David Dawson

David Dawson

Vladimir

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

Stone

Raphael Acloque

Raphael Acloque

Ossipon

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