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Reilly, Ace of Spies

GOLDEN GLOBE® nominee
Season 1
Sam Neill stars in this espionage drama exploring the life of Russian-born British agent Sidney Reilly, who worked for MI6 as Agent ST-1. Based on books by Robin Bruce Lockhart, the son of Reilly's fellow agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.
IMDb 8.2198312 episodesX-Ray13+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - An Affair with a Married Woman
    September 4, 1983
    1 h 18 min
    13+
    Sigmund Rosenblum is on a mission in Russia. His train is stopped and he is arrested, but he escapes and travels to London. There, he compromises Margaret Thomas, the young wife of a rich clergyman.
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  2. S1 E2 - Prelude to War
    September 6, 1983
    50min
    13+
    Intelligence from Reilly in Port Arthur enables the Japanese Navy to sink the Russian Pacific Squadron. Margaret Reilly has an affair with Greenberg and leaves her husband. Reilly is seized by the Russians.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Visiting Fireman
    September 13, 1983
    50min
    13+
    Reilly is posted to a German munitions factory, with the mission of stealing the designs of a new naval gun.
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  4. S1 E4 - Anna
    September 20, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly is in France, searching for Margaret, his wandering wife, and an Australian oil tycoon, and also competing with the Rothschilds to buy oil concessions in the Middle East.
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  5. S1 E5 - Dreadnoughts and Crosses
    September 27, 1983
    51min
    13+
    On a mission to St Petersburg, Reilly investigates a deal for German shipyards to rebuild the Russian navy.
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  6. S1 E6 - Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses
    October 4, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly has fallen in love with Nadia, the wife of his friend Count Massino, and his lawyer friend Grammaticoff has some advice for him.
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  7. S1 E7 - Gambit
    October 11, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly and Grammaticoff arrive in Moscow with a million dollars in cash. Reilly plans to overthrow the Bolsheviks, who are in the process of making peace with Germany.
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  8. S1 E8 - Endgame
    October 18, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly makes careful plans to take control of Moscow, but his coup misfires when Lenin brings forward a meeting of the Congress.
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  9. S1 E9 - After Moscow
    October 25, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly is back in London, where he arranges a loan of $250,000,000 for the Bolsheviks. While they are in London, a revolutionary tribunal in Moscow sentences Reilly and Bruce Lockhart to death, in their absence.
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  10. S1 E10 - The Trust
    November 1, 1983
    51min
    18+
    It's New York, in the year 1924, and Reilly persuades Henry Ford to put up the money for an invasion of Russia. But Reilly is betrayed by Eugenie, his secretary, and kills her.
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  11. S1 E11 - The Last Journey
    November 8, 1983
    50min
    13+
    Reilly marries Pepita, then he seeks revenge for the death of Savinkov. He arranges for Stalin to arrest him, destroying the Trust backed by the Cheka.
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  12. S1 E12 - Shutdown
    November 15, 1983
    51min
    13+
    Reilly disappears in Russia again, and this time Pepita goes to look for him. He is in the Loubianka, being tortured. The British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, considers mounting a rescue attempt, and Stalin gives orders for Reilly to be killed.
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Content advisory
Nudityviolencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Jim GoddardMartin Campbell
Producers
Fremantle
Cast
Sam NeillMichael BryantNorman RodwayTom Bell
Studio
Acorn TV
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