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Page Eight - BBC2 Sunday 28th August

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  • 28-08-2011 8:19pm
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    Mr E
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    I saw a trailer a few weeks ago for this and just realised that its on tonight at 9 on BBC2. Looks like a great thriller with an excellent cast.
    Spy drama set in London and Cambridge. Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organisation. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbour and political activist Nancy Pierpan seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth.

    Stars Bill Nighy, Rachel Weiss and Michael Gambon.


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    JP Liz V1
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_564i0i3w


    It is written and directed by David Hare
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    mike65
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    Didn't bother I looked at the trailers and that mix of the perfect left luvvie cast (all fine actors but all suspiciously "on side") and David Hare sent out warning signals. I expect its very tasteful.


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    SVG
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    Just watched it- found it vague and uninvolving. It looked and felt very grey.


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    brian_t
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    I watched this at the time but I don't remember what I thought of it.

    Anyway the sequels are on tomorrow evening (Thursday) at 9.00pm and next Thursday (on BBC2).

    Bill Nighy reprises his role as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker in Turks & Caicos and Salting The Battlefield, the second and third instalments of David Hare’s Emmy-winning spy thriller.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/worricker-press-pack.html



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    OldRio
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    Re watched this and thought it was excellent. Something a little different. Classy.
    Great acting and a good script. It was nice to have a chance to watch something of intelligence for a change.

    Looking forward to Thursday.


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    mike65
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Didn't bother I looked at the trailers and that mix of the perfect left luvvie cast (all fine actors but all suspiciously "on side") and David Hare sent out warning signals. I expect its very tasteful.

    I watched the repeat and I was bang on!


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    FloatingVoter
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    Looking forward to tomorrow night. Yup, it is very grey and complex in places. At the end of the day, its about high ranking civil servants who keep and betray secrets as the moment allows. Jackie Chan and Daniel Craig failed the audition.


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