Genre: Spy thriller
Directed by James Watkins
Producer: Paul Ritchie
Based on The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton
Starring: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton & Tom Hollander.
Executive Producers: Will Clarke, Alexander Deighton, Andrew Eaton, John Hodge, Sanford Lieberson, Andy Mayson, Hilary Saltzman, Steven Saltzman & James Watkins.
Production companies: Altitude Television, ITV Studios
Network: ITV
Plot: As the Cold War rages, former smuggler-turned-reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the center of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
The Ipcress File miniseries was alright.
Pros: This show mange to capture the look and feel of being in the 60s period of Britain. Joe Cole did a really good job stepping in the shoes into Michael Caine old role. The full series can get very intense at times & I had enjoying myself watching the show.
Cons: The full 6 episodes were too stretched out that ruined my enjoyment of this show. I didn’t get the dialogue that much & I feel the plot can get muddle sometimes.
Casts:
- Joe Cole as Harry Palmer, a WOOC(P) intelligence officer.
- Lucy Boynton as Jean Courtney, a WOOC(P) intelligence officer.
- Tom Hollander as Major Dalby, director of WOOC(P).
- Joshua James as Philip “Chico” Chillcott-Oakes, a WOOC(P) intelligence officer.
- Anastasia Hille as Alice, a WOOC(P) intelligence officer.
- Ashley Thomas as Paul Maddox, a CIA intelligence officer.
- David Dencik as Colonel Gregor Stok, a senior Soviet intelligence officer.
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as General Cathcart, a senior US military commander.
- Paul Higgins as Douglas Campbell MP, Minister of Defence at the pre-1964 Ministry of Defence (MoD).
- Matthew Steer as Professor Dawson, British nuclear physicist.
- Tamla Kari as Deborah, Palmer’s ex-wife.
- Anna Geislerová as Dr. Polina Lavotchkin, Russian physicist and defector to the West.
- Corey Johnson as Capt. Skip Henderson, US military.
- Mark Quartley as Pete, Deborah’s new husband.
- Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Lin Hai.
- Nora-Jane Noone as Dr. Karen Newton, American psychiatrist.
I might recommend watching this show to people who have a Sky Box at home so can catch up with this.
Rating: 6 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.