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The Secret Agent Season 1 Episodes

  • 2016-2017
  • 1 Season
  • BBC One
  • Drama
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1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc, who is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act. Verloc reluctantly plans the operation, seeking help from The Professor. Verloc is also an informant for the police and the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Inspector Heat add additional pressure on Verloc and his attempts to carry out his plan.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

3 Episodes 2016 - 2016

Episode 1

Episode 1

Sun, Jul 17, 2016 60 mins

London, 1886. Soho shopkeeper Verloc is paid by the Russian Embassy to spy on an anarchist cell. The Russians demand that Verloc orchestrates a bomb attack that will be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a British crackdown.

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Episode 2

Episode 2

Sun, Jul 24, 2016 60 mins

Michaelis's suspicions threaten to scupper Verloc's planned bomb attack. Back in London, Heat faces the Professor's madness, and Winnie finds herself alone with Ossipon.

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Episode 3

Episode #1.1

Sun, Jul 31, 2016 60 mins

While Chief Inspector Heat struggles to makes sense of the plot behind the Greenwich bomb, Winnie is devastated by the news of Verloc's role in the outrage.

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