Miniseries

A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.

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Episode 150 min1988-01-03

Part 1

British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.

Episode 253 min1988-01-04

Part 2

Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.

Episode 352 min1988-01-05

Part 3

Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.

Season Cast

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Cast

Kevin McNally

Johnny Donoghue

Bernard Hepton

Henry Carter

James Faulkner

Charles Mawby

Hans Caninenberg

Professor Guttman

Brigitte Karner

Erica Guttman

Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff

Willi Guttmann

Donald Pickering

Permanent Undersecretary

Robert Lang

Deputy Undersecretary

Bert Parnaby

Adam Percy

Claus-Peter Seifert

Ulf Becker

Hans Schödel

Heini Schalke

Katharina Abt

Jutte Hamburg

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