Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 episodes
E01
Episode 1
In the UK during the tumultuous summer of 1958, Samuel Petrukhin, a Russian-born Jewish inventor and businessman, specialises in manufacturing hearing aids. Following the Soviets' launch of the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and the start of the Space Race, fear permeates the lives of all.
E02
Episode 2
Hannah arrives at Buckingham Palace, but is too late to be presented. Samuel meets two men from MI5 who are interested in his invention and he is sworn to secrecy.
E03
Episode 3
Samuel does not want the business of Mr Field and Denning if it means being blackmailed – but Courtney reveals the company is close to bankruptcy and must acquire more orders. Clutching at straws, Kathleen visits Sacha's school to see if she can glean any clues about her son Anthony's disappearance.
E04
Episode 4
Kathleen visits the boarding house in search of Anthony, but has no luck. Armstrong explains to Samuel that they have reason to believe that people connected with the Shaw family could be enemies of the state. Not knowing who to believe, Samuel confronts Mr Field.
E05
Episode 5
After the shooting, Field places the Petruhkin home and factory under protection. Samuel makes his own plans and goes into hiding where he meets Kathleen in secret.
E06
Episode 6
Samuel learns the truth about the Shaws and the MI5 men. His is invited to an extraordinary secret meeting, while Hannah becomes increasingly worried about her father's safety.
Toby Stephens
as Samuel Petrukhin
Keeley Hawes
as Kathleen Shaw
Linus Roache
as Richard Shaw
Timothy Spall
as Lord Arthur Wallington
Lucy Cohu
as Miriam Petrukhin
Lily Sacofsky
as Hannah Petrukhin
Toby Woolf
as Sasha Petrukhin
Gary Beadle
as Courtney Johnson
Mark Bonnar
as Field
Peter Firth
as Tezler
Claire Bloom
as Aunt Mary
Ronald Pickup
as Walter
