Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham
4 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1991
Rating
6.0/10
1 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Nov 17, 1991
A traitorous actress is pressured by threats into enticing her terrorist lover to leave the safety of neutral Switzerland and join her in France, an ally of England.
Episode 2 • Nov 24, 1991
A quiet Englishman, Caypor, has chosen to spend the war in Switzerland, as his wife is German. But Ashenden suspects he may be a spy, and may have to be killed.
Episode 3 • Dec 01, 1991
Ashenden is sent to revolutionary Russia with funds for delivery to Kerensky, the Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, who England supports.
Episode 4 • Dec 08, 1991
Ashenden is joined by an eccentric assassin known as "the hairless Mexican" who is dangerous.
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