The game. Episode 3 / created by Toby Whithouse ; written by Sarah Dollard ; produced by Radford Neville ; directed by Niall MacCormick ; BBC Cymru Wales drama production.

London, England : BBC Worldwide, [2014]

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A stylish, edgy spy thriller set in the Cold War, where enemies and allies can't always be separated, and espionage means getting your hands dirty. When a defecting KGB officer reveals the existence of a devastating Soviet plot, codenamed Operation Glass, the charismatic but paranoid head of MI5, known simply as Daddy, assembles a secret committee of intelligence officers to investigate. Are they the best? Or are they the only ones he trusts in a world where double agents, secrets and lies are normality? They are Bobby Waterhouse, the louche and ambitious head of counter-espionage; Sarah Montag, his dry-witted and fiercely clever deputy; her husband Alan Montag, their cheerful and guileless expert in bugging and interception; Jim Fenchurch, a stoic and skeptical Special Branch police detective; and Wendy Straw, the naive and impressionable secretary. Finally, there's operative Joe Lambe, a troubled but genius interrogator who is able to read every tic and giveaway of human nature. But Joe has more to him than meets the eye - a dark past and a dangerous secret.

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The Game

Series music by Daniel Pemberton.

Brian Cox, Tom Hughes, Jonathan Aris, Gemma Chan, Shaun Dooley, Victoria Hamilton, Marcel Iures, Anton Lesser, Zana Marjanovic, Judy Parfitt, Chloe Pirrie.