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From The Ipcress File to Killing Eve, you'll want to stream these stylishly sinister spy series.
Actress Lucy Boyton stars as British spy Jean Courtney in the remake of Len Deighton’s thriller. The six-part series features Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as Harry Palmer, a cheeky Cockney sergeant assigned to The Ipcress File, which involves a missing scientist and possibly murder. (AMC+, Prime Video, ITV in the UK)
From The Ipcress File to Killing Eve, you'll want to stream these stylishly sinister spy series.
Actress Lucy Boyton stars as British spy Jean Courtney in the remake of Len Deighton’s thriller. The six-part series features Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as Harry Palmer, a cheeky Cockney sergeant assigned to The Ipcress File, which involves a missing scientist and possibly murder. (AMC+, Prime Video, ITV in the UK)
Suspicion, a slick remake of the Israeli series False Flag, is an FBI thriller starring Uma Thurman involving a kidnapping that sets off a trans-Atlantic chase with British suspects. Also starring Noah Emmerich (The Americans) and Elizabeth Henstridge (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Apple TV+)
An American single mom’s life is turned upside down during a European trip when the CIA forces her to confront her long-buried past as a Russian spy with abilities linked to a KGB experiment. Will she come in from the cold? (Netflix)
Killing Eve follows intelligence operative Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) and assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) whose lives are inextricably linked. Will Eve finally catch the psychopath or will the mutual obsession ruin both of them? Season Four is the last in the series so expect a big finale. (BBC America and AMC+ in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK)
Snowdrop is a Korean spy series that weaves several story strands together over its 16 episodes. Pro-democracy protests have been disrupting Seoul all year as we are introduced to first-year university student Eun Young-ro (Jisoo Kim) and her roommates. Meanwhile, Lee Gang-mu (Jang Seung-jo) works for the Agency for National Security Planning. He is just back from Germany where he was tracking a North Korean spy and is mourning the loss of his partner. (Disney+)
Jack Reacher is a larger-than-life (well, actually 6”, 5’) ex-US Army military police investigator who probes criminal conspiracies, dirty cops, and shady politicians. Midway through the eight-part series, things heat up and Reacher gets in touch with his contact from Homeland Security for backup. (Prime Video)
Gary Oldman stars in Slow Horses, a series about dysfunctional British intelligence agents who’ve made career mistakes and must serve in an MI5 purgatory - a workplace dumping ground filled with tedious administrative tasks designed to make them quit. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies with an ensemble cast including Kristin Scott Thomas. The series is based on Mick Herron’s novel Slough House. (Apple TV Plus from April 2022)
Emmy-winner Damian Lewis stars in the six-episode Cold War spy thriller A Spy Among Friends, based on Ben Macintyre’s book. The series follows the defection of British/KGB double agent Kim Philby to Moscow in the 1950s and his long and complex friendship with MI6 colleague Nicholas Elliott, portrayed in the series by Emmy-Winner Guy Pearce. (MGM+ in the US, ITVX in the UK)
Jeff Bridges plays former CIA officer Dan Chase who is living off the grid in The Old Man, based on Thomas Perry's book. Chase must deal with unfinished business from his past when he’s targeted by an assassin. (Disney+)
Dominic West stars as a WWII maverick special forces pioneer in SAS Rogue Heroes, a six-part series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. The narrative begins in a Cairo hospital in the '40s. A failed training exercise leads British Army officer David Stirling to create a special commando unit which could operate deep behind enemy lines. (Prime Video)
Espionage fans have been spoiled for choice in recent years with plenty of high-quality spy series, so (if you haven't already) check out these fantastic programs: Le Bureau des Légendes (2015-2021); Spy City (2021); Tell Me Who I Am (2021); Alex Rider (2020-2021); Hanna (2019-2021); Deutschland (2015-2020); Traitors (2019); Mr. Robot (2015-2019); The Little Drummer Girl (2018), and; The Americans (2013-2018).
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