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Nick Johnson

Happily married to Maya, Nick is a writer who has put his ambitions to one side to support the meteoric career of his brilliant wife.

But all is not what it seems. Nick has a secret past life as an undercover officer, infiltrating political organizations for the Met police.

It was on one of these missions that he met Maya, fell in love, left the police force and went on to have three children – all under a false identity.

Now that Maya is getting close to the truth about Michael Antwi, Nick’s former paymasters reappear, blackmailing him into spying on the love of his life.

Adrian Lester

Adrian Lester is probably best known to TV audiences for his starring role Michael "Mickey Bricks" Stone in the long running 麻豆社 TV series between 2004 and 2012. Other credits include the US hit sitcom Girlfriends, Bonekickers, and Channel 4's The Ghost Squad amongst many others.

Adrian has had a distinguished career on stage, most recently as Ira Aldridge in the West End revival of the 2012 play Red Velvet. Other credits include: Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's all-male production of As You Like It, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the musical Company, for which he won an Olivier Award.

At the National Theatre, Adrian played the title roles in Henry V in 2003 and Othello in 2013 alongside Rory Kinnear, earning them both the Best Actor Evening Standard Award.