The Secret Agent

London, 1886: Verloc runs a seedy sex shop in the heart of Soho. Unknown to his loyal wife Winnie Verloc is paid by the Russian embassy to spy on a dangerous anarchist cell. Summoned to the Embassy, he is given a mission: orchestrate a bombing that will be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a crackdown by the British.

Verloc, unable to persuade his anarchist comrades to help, sets his sights on Winnie's younger brother Stevie as his accomplice in the bombing. Verloc takes Stevie to visit anarchist comrade Michaelis in Kent to prepare. But while Michaelis' suspicions threaten to scupper Verloc's plans, the Professor makes his own move on Chief Inspector Heat.

Back in Soho, Verloc's wife Winnie waits patiently at home for her husband and brother to return. However, she is not alone; one of Verloc's comrades, Ossipon, takes the opportunity to make his advances. As the authorities struggle to make sense of the plot behind the terrorist attack, Chief Inspector Heat moves to arrest Verloc.

Winnie, devastated by the bomb outrage, confronts Verloc and flees into the arms of Ossipon. The pair go on the run, taking a midnight train to Southampton for the ferry to France. But the police, led by Chief Inspector Heat, are in hot pursuit.