Legacy of Spies

BBC iPlayer In Development Drama • Espionage

The series begins in the shadow of the newly-erected Berlin Wall, as Alec Leamas watches his last agent shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, a senior British intelligence officer in Berlin, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse - a desk job - Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service, with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.

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Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen as George Smiley
Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Hunnam as Alec Leamas
Daniel Brühl
Daniel Brühl as Jens Fielder
Devrim Lingnau
Devrim Lingnau as Doris Quinz

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