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Game, Set, and Match

TV·1988–1988·1 season, 13 episodes·ITV1·Drama·1h

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Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

Castfull cast & details

Ian HolmIan HolmBernard SamsonMichael CulverMichael CulverDicky CruyerGail HarrisonGail HarrisonTessa KozinskiAnthony BateAnthony BateBret RenssalaerMichael DegenMichael DegenWerner Volkmann
Frederick Treves
Frederick TrevesFrank HarringtonBrigitte KarnerBrigitte KarnerZena VolkmannGottfried JohnGottfried JohnErich Stinnes

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1988Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Game, Set, and Match S01E01Episode 1 Berlin Game: Part 1October 3, 1988—Bernard Samson has spent most of his life in Berlin. Following in his late father's footsteps, he worked for British Intelligence during the
  2. S01E02Game, Set, and Match S01E02Episode 2 Berlin Game: Part 2October 3, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) has returned to Berlin with a mission to sniff out a suspected traitor who threatens the security of his Brahms ne
  3. S01E03Game, Set, and Match S01E03Episode 3 Berlin Game: Part 3October 10, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) finds double-dealing on both sides of the Berlin Wall, but uncovers the identity of the suspected mole in the Fore
  4. S01E04Game, Set, and Match S01E04Episode 4 Berlin Game: Part 4October 17, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) confronts the suspected mole in the Foreign Office. Meanwhile, in Berlin, Volkmann and his wife are playing a curi
  5. S01E05Game, Set, and Match S01E05Episode 5 Berlin Game: Part 5October 24, 1988—The suspected mole has been killed, and a traitor in London Central itself is implicated. Samson goes to East Berlin to investigate, but the
  6. S01E06Game, Set, and Match S01E06Episode 6 Mexico Set: Part 1October 31, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) is a marked man following the exposure of his wife, Fiona, as a traitor. Meanwhile, a KGB agent in Mexico wants to
  7. S01E07Game, Set, and Match S01E07Episode 7 Mexico Set: Part 2November 7, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) tries to prove his own loyalty by master-minding an operation to secure the defection of a KGB officer from Mexico
  8. S01E08Game, Set, and Match S01E08Episode 8 Mexico Set: Part 3November 14, 1988—Samson's father-in-law threatens legal action to secure custody of the children. Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) receives a surprise visitor. Mack
  9. S01E09Game, Set, and Match S01E09Episode 9 Mexico Set: Part 4November 21, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) is caught in a deadly spiral of distrust and violence, and his actions lead to a death in custody.
  10. S01E10Game, Set, and Match S01E10Episode 10 Mexico Set: Part 5November 28, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) goes to Mexico to try to turn Stinnes.
  11. S01E11Game, Set, and Match S01E11Episode 11 London Match: Part 1December 5, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) attends a lavish Christmas party in Berlin, in the hunt for a traitor. Stinnes offers information about a KGB spy
  12. S01E12Game, Set, and Match S01E12Episode 12 London Match: Part 2December 12, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) and Gloria are babysitting Soviet defector Stinnes in London, but developments at London Central lead to a deadly
  13. S01E13Game, Set, and Match S01E13Episode 13 London Match: Part 3December 19, 1988—Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) has to oversee one last operation to trap the KGB, and to test the sincerity of Stinnes's defection.

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