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The Secret Agent

TV·2016–2016·1 season, 3 episodes·BBC One·Drama·57m·Created by Joseph Conrad, Tony Marchant

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London, 1886. Unbeknownst to his loyal wife Winnie, Verloc, a Soho store owner, works as a secret agent for a powerful foreign government.

Cast

Toby JonesToby JonesVerlocCharlie HamblettCharlie HamblettStevieIan HartIan HartThe ProfessorVicky McClureVicky McClureWinnieStephen GrahamStephen GrahamHeatDavid DawsonDavid DawsonVladimirTom Goodman-HillTom Goodman-HillStoneRaphael AcloqueRaphael AcloqueOssipon

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes2016Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Secret Agent S01E01Episode 1July 17, 2016—Summoned by the Russians, Verloc is given a mission to orchestrate a bombing that can be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a political cr
  2. S01E02The Secret Agent S01E02Episode 2July 24, 2016—After recruiting Winnie's younger brother Stevie to help him in his plot, Verloc goes with the boy to Michaelis' country home.
  3. S01E03The Secret Agent S01E03Episode 3July 31, 2016—As the authorities struggle to make sense of the rationale behind the Greenwich attack, Chief Inspector Heat moves to arrest Verloc.

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