Close to the Enemy 

A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.

Stars:

Lucy Ward, August Diehl, Jim Sturgess

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lucy Ward	...	Lotte Koehler 7 episodes, 2016
August Diehl	...	Dieter Koehler 7 episodes, 2016
Jim Sturgess	...	Callum Ferguson 7 episodes, 2016
Julian Bleach	...	Geoffrey Salter 7 episodes, 2016
Robert Glenister	...	Brigadier Wainwright 7 episodes, 2016
Alfie Allen	...	Ringwood 7 episodes, 2016
Charity Wakefield	...	Julia 7 episodes, 2016
Phoebe Fox	...	Kathy Griffiths 7 episodes, 2016
Alfred Molina	...	Harold Lindsay-Jones 7 episodes, 2016
Angela Bassett	...	Eva 7 episodes, 2016
Sebastian Armesto	...	Alex Lombard 7 episodes, 2016
Charlotte Riley	...	Rachel Lombard 7 episodes, 2016
Ciara Charteris	...	Lucy Lindsay - Jones 7 episodes, 2016
Freddie Highmore	...	Victor Ferguson 7 episodes, 2016
Sai Bennett	...	Anna White / ... 6 episodes, 2016
Lindsay Duncan	...	Frau Bellinghausen 6 episodes, 2016
Alexander Mounsey	...	Military Guard 6 episodes, 2016
Carly Bawden	...	Ruth 5 episodes, 2016
Andrew Price	...	Maitre D' / ... 4 episodes, 2016
Emma Fielding	...	Miss Clarkson 5 episodes, 2016
Vinette Robinson	...	Rita 5 episodes, 2016
Peter Prentice	...	Hotel Manager 4 episodes, 2016
Jacqueline Tong	...	Mrs. Tooley 4 episodes, 2016
James Bradshaw	...	Mr. Emmanuel 3 episodes, 2016
Duncan Wisbey	...	Leonard 3 episodes, 2016
Antje Traue	...	Mentz / ... 3 episodes, 2016
Lucas Caruso	...	Richie the Drumer / ... 2 episodes, 2016
Sophie Bleasdale	...	Fullers Waitress 2 episodes, 2016
Robert Cawsey	...	Pete 2 episodes, 2016
Kirsty Hoiles	...	Bergit's Minder / ... 2 episodes, 2016
Aleksandar Jovanovic	...	Horst Kleinow 2 episodes, 2016
Lee Long	...	Victor's Minder / ... 2 episodes, 2016
Karol Steele	...	Refugee 1 episode, 2016
Hannah Taylor Gordon	...	Nurse Cullan / ... 2 episodes, 2016

Storyline

A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | 1940s | german scientist | london england | military intelligence | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

A more correct version of the plot should have focused on the number of German aeronautical engineers that came to work in the U.K., either willingly or taken using T-Force as shown in this series, and included engineers such as Dietrich Küchemann, Johanna Weber and Hans Multhopp. Multhopp did in fact design a supersonic jet aircraft for the British at the RAE - however, as soon as it reached the prototype stage, Multhopp was taken of his own project, as he was classed as an 'enemy alien' working in Britain.

User Reviews

Terrible

This is so awful. I have kept watching in the hope it would improve but have totally lost interest. First of all I was thrown by the Game of Thrones actor and Bates Motel actor appearing. Kept wondering whether I was in the wrong programme. I was also watching Philip Glenister in another programme running just before this. Confused.com.

The episodes are one long slog after another and not at all convincing. Terrible accents and acting from what are usually good actors. But then again with no decent material can you really blame them?

No idea why Poliakoff has any sort of reputation to be honest. I have seen nothing of his to write home about but here we are again with a lavish but drawn out boring and badly written production.

There is nothing that seems right about it.

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Website BBC YouTube (Playlist)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Close to the Enemy

Filming Locations:

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Island Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD