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The Game (BBC 2)

  • 13-11-2014 2:09pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭




    Two episodes in and it hasn't been a bad start at all. Some good casting with a mix of old and new. Trailer linked is a bit rubbish to be honest. Might be better off not watching it and giving the first episode a go.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭Tristram


    Well the sixth and final episode has aired and it managed to draw everything to a close very nicely. Not sure if anyone else out there was watching this impressive little spy-drama but I would like to see it come back for a second season. Some very strong performances throughout from faces familiar and new.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Watched all 6 episodes last night. Very good show. Unbelievable in a couple of places but well worth a watch. Brian Cox is always worth it anyway. My favourite grump.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,013 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    BBC Two’s six episode Cold War espionage thriller The Game will premiere on Thursday April 30th at 9pm, it has been announced.

    The Game is set during the 1970s and tell the story of the invisible war fought by MI5 to protect the nation from the threats of the Cold War. The series begins just as a KGB defector reveals the existence of a devastating Soviet plot, codenamed Operation Glass. The charismatic but paranoid DG of MI5, known simply as Daddy, assembles a secret team to investigate. The exact nature of the threat is unclear. All they know is that the Soviets are reactivating sleeper agents across the UK and giving them all a task.

    Originally developed for BBC One under then controller Danny Cohen, the six episode series hails from Being Human creator Toby Whithouse and BBC Cymru Wales, with Faith Penhale, Brian Minchin and Toby Whithouse serving as executive producers. A co-pro with BBC America, The Game stars Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror), Paul Ritter (Quantum Of Solace), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock), Judy Parfitt (Call The Midwife), Tom Hughes (Silk), Shaun Dooley (Misfits), Victoria Hamilton (Lark Rise To Candleford), Rachael Stirling (The Bletchley Circle) and Georgina Rich (Sherlock).



    Source - TV Wise




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Well reviewed by the professional critics when shown on BBC America last November/Decmber


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    A few of us who tour America of a morning :rolleyes: saw it when it aired there. Well worth a watch. A slightly confusing start but worth sticking with. Brian Cox is always worth the price of admission.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,013 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Well reviewed by the professional critics when shown on BBC America last November/Decmber



    I didn't realise it already aired over there last year


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    Threads merged as requested.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    There ya go... even across 5 months, much weed and beer, I'm agreeing with myself. Sanity is returning.


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