Scripted series · ITV1
Secret Service
When the enemy is closer than you think, who do you trust?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gemma Arterton
Kate Henderson
5 eps
Rafe Spall
Stuart Henderson
5 eps
Alexander Terentyev
Sergei Malinski
5 eps
Roger Allam
Sir Alan Brabazon
5 eps
Avi Nash
Ravindra Sangvhi
5 eps
Mark Stanley
Ryan Walker
5 eps
Alex Kingston
Rose Trewen
5 eps
Amaka Okafor
Imogen Conrad
5 eps
Khalid Abdalla
Zak Hussein
5 eps
Aoife Hinds
Julie Price
5 eps
Rochenda Sandall
Melissa Morris
5 eps
Lydia Leonard
Amanda Walker
5 eps
Steven Elder
Anthony Fletcher
5 eps
Alma Prelec
Lena Savic
5 eps
Galaxie Clear
Fiona Henderson
5 eps
Harley Barton
Gus Henderson
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Secret Service actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Secret Service reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Tension.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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 British intelligence officer Kate Henderson races against time to uncover a UK politician's potential ties with the Kremlin, risking her reputation and family, as a murder and election loom.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E05
Episode 5
- Directed by Farren Blackburn
- Written by Jemma Kennedy, Tom Bradby
S01E04
Episode 4
- Directed by Farren Blackburn
- Written by Jemma Kennedy, Tom Bradby
S01E03
Episode 3
- Directed by James Marsh
- Written by Jemma Kennedy, Tom Bradby
S01E02
Episode 2
- Directed by James Marsh
- Written by Jemma Kennedy, Tom Bradby
S01E01
Episode 1
- Directed by James Marsh
- Written by Jemma Kennedy, Tom Bradby
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
- Chloe SizerExecutive Producer
- Andrea CalderwoodExecutive Producer
- Gail EganExecutive Producer
- Gail EganProducer
- Tom BradbyExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jemma KennedyWriter
- Tom BradbyWriter
Direction
- Farren BlackburnDirector
- James MarshDirector
Cinematography
- Ole Bratt BirkelandDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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