Episode 1
Drama. At the end of the Second World War, a British intelligence officer must persuade a kidnapped German scientist to work with the British RAF to develop the jet engine.
It is the end of the Second World War and Lotte and her father Dieter, a recently captured German scientist, arrive in England. Captain Callum Ferguson, an intelligence officer, is assigned the task of courting Dieter into working with the British RAF to develop the jet engine. With the emerging Cold War, it is crucial for British national security that cutting-edge technology is made available to the armed forces as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, Kathy Griffiths from the War Crimes Unit is looking to bring war criminals who escaped prosecution to justice. As Lotte navigates the strange corridors of the bomb-damaged London hotel where they are staying under the British government's watchful eye, Callum must win over the trust of her father.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Writer | Stephen Poliakoff |
Producer | Helen Flint |
Director | Stephen Poliakoff |
Callum Ferguson | Jim Sturgess |
Victor Ferguson | Freddie Highmore |
Rachel Lombard | Charlotte Riley |
Kathy Griffiths | Phoebe Fox |
Dieter Koehler | August Diehl |
Brigadier Wainwright | Robert Glenister |
Ringwood | Alfie Allen |
Alex Lombard | Sebastian Armesto |
Geoffrey Salter | Julian Bleach |
Miss Clarkson | Emma Fielding |
Julia | Charity Wakefield |
Eva | Angela Bassett |
Lotte Koehler | Lucy Ward |
Harold Lindsay-Jones | Alfred Molina |
Lucy Lindsay-Jones | Ciara Charteris |
Leonard | Duncan Wisbey |
Ruth | Carly Bawden |
Sharp-Faced Woman | Debra Baker |
Mr Emmanuel | James Bradshaw |
Maitre D’ | Andrew Price |
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 Nov 2016 21:00
- Fri 11 Nov 2016 23:00Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland