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The Game

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

London, 1972. A war has unfolded unlike anything anyone has ever known. A complex and invisible war fought not by armies but individuals. The secret services on both sides of the Iron Curtain would exploit any weakness to further their aims.

When a defecting KGB officer reveals details of a devastating Soviet plot, the charismatic head of MI5 must assemble a secret committee to help protect Britain. As the Soviets awaken sleeper agents to carry out the plot, the new team are faced with an unidentified, invisible threat. The first agent has been blackmailed into working for the KGB. As MI5 scramble to identify his role in Operation Glass, Joe Lambe becomes obsessed with the reappearance of his nemesis, the Soviet agent codenamed 'Odin'. Show less

Contributors

Joe Lambe:
Tom Hughes
Daddy:
Brian Cox
Bobby Waterhouse:
Paul Ritter
Sarah Montag:
Victoria Hamilton
Alan Montag:
Jonathan Aris
DC Jim Fenchurch:
Shaun Dooley
Wendy Straw:
Chloe Pirrie
Hester Waterhouse:
Judy Parfitt
David Hexton:
Scott Handy
Home Secretary:
Tim Bentinck
KGB Hood:
Velibor Topic
Created by:
Toby Whithouse

Series

The Game

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