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Extremely Dangerous

TV·1999–1999·1 season, 4 episodes·ITV1·Drama·Created by Murray Smith

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Extremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-National Criminal Intelligence Service undercover agent who is convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child. He goes on the run to try and clear his name, starting with a strange clue sent to him in prison.

Castfull cast & details

Sean BeanSean BeanNeil ByrneJuliet AubreyJuliet AubreyAnnieRalph BrownRalph BrownJoe ConnorAlex NortonAlex NortonDCS WallaceSean GallagherSean GallagherDI Danny FordAnthony BoothAnthony BoothFrank PalmerRon DonachieRon DonachieGebbertDoug RaoDoug RaoElgin

Episodes by season

Season014Episodes1999Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Part 1November 11, 1999—Former MI5 agent Neil Byrne, convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child, escapes from custody and goes on the run in an attept to
  2. S01E02Part 2November 11, 1999—Byrne, on the run from the police and the local crime syndicate, is determined to decipher the clues in a book sent to him in prison. When a
  3. S01E03Part 3November 25, 1999—Byrne lays low in a safe house but has to break cover in an attempt to get the Patagonia codes from Governor Gregg.
  4. S01E04Part 4December 2, 1999—Byrne finds the final clue to the identity of the perpetrators who killed his wife and child.

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