Episode #1.4 

While Jonathan takes advantage of Corkoran's instability and agrees to act as frontman for Roper, Burr's operation receives an unexpected boost, but forces from above are determined to stop it.

Director:

Susanne Bier

Writers:

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

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Laurie	...	Richard Roper
Tom Hiddleston	...	Jonathan Pine
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Jed Marshall
Noah Jupe	...	Daniel Roper
Olivia Colman	...	Angela Burr
Antonio de la Torre	...	Juan Apostol
Salvador Oliva	...	Madrid Waiter
Douglas Hodge	...	Rex Mayhew
Adeel Akhtar	...	Rob Singhal
Buffy Davis	...	Pearl
Tom Hollander	...	Lance Corkoran
Hovik Keuchkerian	...	Tabby
Bartholomew Cariss	...	Tailor (as Bart Cariss)
Alistair Petrie	...	Sandy Langbourne
Michael Nardone	...	Frisky

Storyline

Roper makes Jonathan his front man for a bogus tractor company and accompanies him to Istanbul for an arms deal though not before Jed has shared a confidence - and secret sex - with Jonathan, increasing Corkoran's jealousy and mistrust. Angela obtains a list of Roper's contacts from Juan Apostol, which she gives jaded MI6 officer Harry Palfrey, in exchange for news of his superior Dromgoole's corruption. However Dromgoole also sees them, endangering Angela's operation. Apostol is murdered and Angela orders Jonathan to give up his mission and return home but he refuses, believing that he is near to exposing Roper.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2016 (USA)

Filming Locations:

The Mall, St. James's, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

John le Carré: After Corkoran (Tom Hollander) causes a fracas during the restaurant sequence, Jonathan (Tom Hiddleston) apologizes profusely to an elderly man at a nearby table while shaking his hand. The disgruntled diner is none other than author John le Carré, who wrote the novel on which this mini-series is based.

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Goofs

The deadbolt on Pine's cottage door is not operational. The deadbolt can be seen in its supposedly locked position while he closes the door at 0:11.

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Quotes

Lance Corkoran: Andrew Birch to the rescue!

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Tom Hiddleston/Maisie Williams/Rooney (2016)

User Reviews

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The Night Manager

The Night Manager is a character driven mini-series adapted from the novel by John Le Carre, that swept away three Golden Globes on the acting category and was nominated for the best series too.

As much as simple the plot is, despite of its genre, it doesn't unnecessarily grows convoluted or even attempts to make impossible possible. And such simplistic reasons is why it connects with the audience instantly and stays true to its tone throughout the course of it.

The adapted screenplay by Farr is smart as it glorifies each little moments with equal dignity keeping the audience enchanted in its self-created tense bubble that doesn't pop but explodes. Addition to that, it not only is edited perfectly but each character's perspective is accounted in perfectly for it to justify the actions.

It is rich on technical aspects like sharp sound effects, stunning live locations, alluring costume design and metaphorical cinematography that seeks viewers' attention through it.

Beir; the director, is ahead of her game and the viewers, for her description of a sequence is not only electrifying but thought-provoking too; she is in your head from the start. The performance objective is the ace in the hole for the series, since the casting pays off more than well, as Hiddleston, Laurie and Colman have genuinely invested their heart into it.

Pragmatic conversations, three-dimensional characters, tense environment and stellar performances are the high points of this mini-series. Beir's world in here is bolder, faster and scarier than it may seem and no matter how many times the makers play their "close call" theme, it never gets old, it never gets dull.

The Night Manager isn't shady or twisted as one's usual spy thriller and is instead beautiful on visual aesthetics and neat on terms of projecting the questionable morality where "the dirty work" is left upto viewers' imagination; a slick move.

Episode 4

The flips, the cheats and the tricks, all coming at an intriguing and the most dramatic point that fuels in the entire episode with an exhilarating and euphoric energy that never fades away even at its lowest point which is when it spends its time setting the plots and characters.