The secret agent.

Contributor(s): McDougall, Charles [film director.] | Marchant, Tony, 1959- [screenwriter.] | Jones, Toby [1967-, actor.] | McClure, Vicky, 1983- [actor.] | Graham, Stephen, 1973- [actor.] | Hart, Ian, 1964- [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: R-125275-9 | Roadshow EntertainmentDistributor: [Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 DVD-video (180 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: At head of title: Joseph Conrad'sRelated works: Television adaptation of (work): Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agentSubject(s): Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Television adaptations | Royal Greenwich Observatory -- Drama | Anarchists -- Drama | Anarchism -- Drama | Bombings -- Drama | Radicalism -- Drama | Conspiracies -- England -- London -- Drama | London (England) -- DramaGenre/Form: Detective and mystery television programs. | Television crime shows. | Fiction television programs. | Television adaptations. DDC classification: 791.4572
Contents:
Episode 1 -- Episode 2 -- Episode 3.
Production credits: Director, Charles McDougall ; screenwriter, Tony Marchant.Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart.Summary: Set in Victorian London, the drama follows Soho shopkeeper Verloc as he becomes increasingly involved in espionage and terrorism. Unknown to his wife Winnie, Verloc is employed by the Russian embassy to spy on a dangerous anarchist group and is tasked with bombing Greenwich Observatory so it can be blamed on the anarchists. As Chief Inspector Heat becomes more aware of his suspicious activities, Verloc uses his vulnerable brother-in-law Stevie to help him carry out his mission.
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Roadshow Entertainment: R-125275-9.

"An explosive and heart-breaking adaptation of Joseph Conrad's classic novel of terrorism, espionage and betrayal"--Container.

"Terrorism. Espionage. Betrayal. 1886"--Container.

Originally broadcast in the United Kindom on the BBC One television network during 2016.

The Secret Agent is a three-part British espionage television drama serial based on the 1907 novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.

Director, Charles McDougall ; screenwriter, Tony Marchant.

Rated: MA15+.

DVD video, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo, PAL, Region 4, anamorphic widescreen 16:9, fullframe 1.78:1.

In English. No subtitles. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired).

Episode 1 -- Episode 2 -- Episode 3.

Set in Victorian London, the drama follows Soho shopkeeper Verloc as he becomes increasingly involved in espionage and terrorism. Unknown to his wife Winnie, Verloc is employed by the Russian embassy to spy on a dangerous anarchist group and is tasked with bombing Greenwich Observatory so it can be blamed on the anarchists. As Chief Inspector Heat becomes more aware of his suspicious activities, Verloc uses his vulnerable brother-in-law Stevie to help him carry out his mission.

Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart.

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