Miniseries · BBC Two
London Spy
Who can you trust?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ben Whishaw
Danny
5 eps
Edward Holcroft
Alex
5 eps
Jim Broadbent
Scottie
5 eps
Riccardo Scamarcio
Doppelganger
1 eps
Tatsujiro Oto
Geisha
1 eps
Gintare Beinoraviciute
Clubber (uncredited)
1 eps
Neil Alexander Smith
Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
1 eps
Kate Dickie
Editor
1 eps
Michaela Coel
Journalist
1 eps
Grant Stimpson
Danny's Boss
1 eps
Clarke Peters
The American
1 eps
Richard Clark
Wharehouse Worker (uncredited)
1 eps
James Copestake
Lead Party Guy
1 eps
Mark Gatiss
Rich
1 eps
Steffan Donnelly
Raphael
1 eps
Heronimo Sehmi
Club Staff
1 eps
James Fox
James
1 eps
Henry Goodman
Silversmith
1 eps
Sean McKee
Dealer
1 eps
Jay Benedict
Phone Voice (voice)
1 eps
Lizzy McInnerny
Danny's Mother
1 eps
Priyanga Burford
Clinician (uncredited)
2 eps
David Meyer
Danny's Father
1 eps
Sam Kenyon
HIV Group Chair
1 eps
Deon Lee-Williams
Ryan
1 eps
Louis Saint-Juste
Oldest Guy
1 eps
Matthew Stagg
Young Alex
1 eps
Nicola Grier
Agent in the Attic
1 eps
Tobias James-Samuels
C.I.D (uncredited)
1 eps
Chris Wilson
CID Officer (uncredited)
1 eps
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Magician
1 eps
Zrinka Cvitešić
Sara
4 eps
Samantha Spiro
Detective Taylor
4 eps
Josef Altin
Pavel
2 eps
Richard Cunningham
Danny's Lawyer
2 eps
Charlotte Rampling
Frances
2 eps
David Hayman
Mr. Turner
2 eps
Nicolas Chagrin
Charles
3 eps
Lorraine Ashbourne
Mrs. Turner
2 eps
Adrian Lester
Professor Marcus Shaw
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How London Spy actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
London Spy reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tim BevanExecutive Producer
- Guy HeeleyProducer
- Hilary SalmonExecutive Producer
- Tom Rob SmithExecutive Producer
- Eric FellnerExecutive Producer
- Polly HillExecutive Producer
Writing
- Tom Rob SmithWriter
Direction
- Jakob VerbruggenDirector
Cinematography
- Laurie RoseDirector of Photography
Music
- Keefus CianciaOriginal Music Composer
- David HolmesOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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