User Reviews

The final part had me gripped, literally sitting on the edge of my seat, the way they had built this up, I was left totally unsure as to which way Charlie was going to turn, and just who her loyalties rested with.

It was slick, tense, excellent from start to finish. It has been a truly enjoyable drama from start to finish, I am so glad to see that the works of John Le Carre still have such relevance, and how nice to see this drama on BBC1, not hidden out of sight on BBC2.

The acting was first class, Florence Pugh in particular, some of those scenes, were just incredible. Beautifully filmed, directed, and paced.

Terrific. 9/10

More great thing is love.

this is authentic spy thriller.

Park Chan Wook is a masterpiece of art thriller.

picture, location, plot, character even music.

Jonh Le Carre's classic is adapted into play with elegance.

joyful heart.

Park Chan-wook has told his opaque story in a stylish manner.

It has also been convoluted, slow and stilted in delivery at times.

Kurtz has arranged a ruse so Khalil can trust Charlie. He has faked an explosion in a grim 1970s London college building. The target being visiting Israeli lecturer Professor Minkel. British spymaster Picton is in on the ruse but is not happy about it and let Kurtz knows it.

Kurtz has his eyes on the prize when he learns that Khalil really likes Charlie. He now thinks a permanent mole in the Palestinian camp could lead to so much more. It was to be a short lived dream for him.

As with a lot of these dramas dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I cannot help feeling that the finale was a lot more one sided. Picton was the only character who was willing to stick it to Kurtz.

It was a messy even sluggish final episode. Charlie and Kurtz realise after all this, nothing has really changed.