The Secret Agent (2016)
London, 1886. Unbeknown to his loyal wife Winnie, Soho shopkeeper Verloc works as a secret agent for the Russian government. Angry that Britain harbours violent anarchists, the Russians coerce Verloc into planting a bomb that will provoke the authorities into cracking down on these extremists. Caught between the Russians and the British police, Verloc reluctantly draws his own family into a tragic terror plot.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2016-07-17Summoned 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.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2016-07-24Having recruited Winnie's younger brother Stevie to help with his bomb plot, Verloc goes to Stevie to Michaelis' Kent cottage to prepare.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2016-07-31As the authorities struggle to make sense of the rationale behind the Greenwich attack, Chief Inspector Heat moves to arrest Verloc.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2016-08-07