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Sleepers Season 1 Episodes

1991-1991
1 Season
Masterpiece Theatre
Comedy, Drama

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Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

4 Episodes 1991 - 1991

Episode 1

The Awakening

Deep in the heart of the Kremlin, Moscow, a discovery is made which sends shock waves through the hierarchy of the KGB, and the repercussions of which are felt in the heart of the City of London and in a brewery in Eccles.

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Episode 2

The Net Tightens

The past lives of Jeremy Coward, investment banker, and Albert Robinson, brewery shop steward, are catching up with them. Meanwhile, MIS and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK.

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Episode 3

On the Run

Jeremy and Albert make a dash for freedom, hotly pursued by Major Nina Grishina of the KGB. In London, MIS and the CIA take action to apprehend the suspected subversives, and in Eccles, Sandra searches for her missing husband.

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Episode 4

Welcome Home

In the Scottish Highlands, Jeremy and Albert prepare the last stage of their escape, hoping they have left the KGB, the CIA and MI5 well behind.

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