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The Eiger Sanction

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 8 months

Dragged out of retirement by his old C2 bosses, ex-intelligence operative turned art teacher, Jonathan Hemlock, reluctantly agrees to carry out two final 'sanctions' - in other words, assassinations. The first 'mark' is an easy target, but the second involves a treacherous climb up the brutal Eiger, one of the most inhospitable mountains in the Swiss Alps, setting up a deadly game of cat and mouse. Show less

Contributors

Jonathan Hemlock:
Clint Eastwood
Ben Bowman:
George Kennedy
Jemima 'Gem' Brown:
Vonetta McGee
Miles Mellough:
Jack Cassidy
Anna Montaigne:
Heidi Brühl

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