Episode #1.6 

As Burr faces questions and drastically reduced resources, Jonathan is pushed to the limit.

Director:

Susanne Bier

Writers:

John le Carré (based on the novel by), David Farr (creator)

Stars:

Tobias Menzies, Jonathan Aris, Sara Stewart

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Tobias Menzies	...	Geoffrey Dromgoole
Jonathan Aris	...	Raymond Galt
Sara Stewart	...	Barbara Vandon
Katherine Kelly	...	Permanent Secretary
Olivia Colman	...	Angela Burr
Neil Morrissey	...	Harry Palfrey
Adeel Akhtar	...	Rob Singhal
Simona Brown	...	Grace
Tom Hiddleston	...	Jonathan Pine
Mohamed Boussalem	...	Military Courier
Hugh Laurie	...	Richard Roper
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Jed Marshall
Natasha Little	...	Caroline Langbourne
Alistair Petrie	...	Sandy Langbourne
David Avery	...	Freddie Hamid

Storyline

Angela's failure to catch Roper red-handed leads to the closure of her department but a call from Jonathan sends her and Joel to Cairo, where Roper is hoping to close a deal with Freddie Hamid, boyfriend of the dead Sophie. Thanks to Jed Angela is able to secure documents incriminating Roper and Jonathan gets closer to avenging Sophie. But Roper is now suspicious of both Jed and Jonathan, making demands on them both and if Jonathan is to bring him down, save Jed and exonerate Angela he must use what he has to complete his task

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Goofs

The Arabic on the secret document handed to Jonathan in the hotel lobby is not written correctly, as the letters are all separate rather than joined up.

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Quotes

Richard Onslow Roper: It's a very rare thing, Jonathan Pine, for me to trust a person. But you were special. I knew it the first moment I saw you. Saved my son. Risked your life. Should have known something was wrong.
Jonathan Pine: I don't know what you're talking about.
Richard Onslow Roper: Corky knew it, of course. Tried to make me see. Poor old Corks. You killed him, I suppose. To save your own skin. Yes? He was a good man, Corks. Loyal man. Now he's lying in a ditch on a Turkish mountain because of you. Well, for his sake and for mine, I can ...
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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

User Reviews

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 2016 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

GBP30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Character 7, Demarest Films, The Ink Factory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Color:

Color