Scripted series · BBC One
The Night Manager
The past is a deadly weapon.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tom Hiddleston
Jonathan Pine
12 eps
Hugh Laurie
Richard Roper
12 eps
Diego Calva
Teddy Dos Santos
6 eps
Camila Morrone
Roxana Bolaños
6 eps
Elizabeth Debicki
Jed Marshall
6 eps
Paul Chahidi
Basil Karapetian
6 eps
David Harewood
Joel Steadman
6 eps
Hayley Squires
Sally Price-Jones
6 eps
Indira Varma
Mayra Cavendish
6 eps
Tobias Menzies
Geoffrey Dromgoole
6 eps
Unax Ugalde
Juan Carrascal
6 eps
Antonio de la Torre
Juan Apostol
6 eps
Adeel Akhtar
Rob Singhal
6 eps
Tom Hollander
Lance Corkoran
12 eps
Diego Santos
Martín Álvarez
6 eps
Hovik Keuchkerian
Tabby
6 eps
Natasha Little
Caro Langbourne
6 eps
Slavko Sobin
Viktor
6 eps
Olivia Colman
Angela Burr
9 eps
Michael Nardone
Frisky
8 eps
Alistair Petrie
Sandy Langbourne
8 eps
Aure Atika
8 eps
Noah Jupe
11 eps
Tábata Cerezo
Elena Apostol
2 eps
Gabriel Andreu
Héctor Jiménez
2 eps
Alice E. Bier Zandén
Nanny
2 eps
Marta Torné
Mercedes
3 eps
Buffy Davis
Pearl
3 eps
Nancy Baldwin
Jed's Mother
2 eps
Jonathan Aris
Raymond Galt
3 eps
Neil Morrissey
Harry Palfrey
3 eps
Sara Stewart
Barbara Vandon
2 eps
Simona Brown
Grace
3 eps
Katherine Kelly
Permanent Secretary
3 eps
David Avery
Freddie Hamid
2 eps
Amir El-Masry
Youssuf
2 eps
Nasser Memarzia
Omar Barghati
3 eps
Sam Redford
Jasper
2 eps
Aymen Hamdouchi
Ahmer
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Night Manager actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Night Manager reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 12 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20166 episodes
7.8IMDbA hotel night manager is tasked with infiltrating a ruthless arms dealer's inner circle.
Best episode · S01E06 Episode 6
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20266 episodes
7.4IMDbNine years have passed since Jonathan Pine tricked Richard Roper in Egypt and sent him into the hands of his Syrian captors. Now, Roper is dead, and Jonathan Pine has become Alex Goodwin, a low-level intelligence officer with MI6. Then, Pine sees an old Roper mercenary in London. And his new secure life begins to unravel.
Best episode · S02E04 Episode 4
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
Episode 6
Roper and his team return to Cairo for the deal, reuniting Pine with an old enemy. Pine risks it all to put his plan in motion. A discredited Burr makes one last stand.
- Directed by Susanne Bier
- Written by David Farr
S01E05
Episode 5
A suspicious Roper gathers his entourage around him in an attempt to root out the traitor, forcing Pine to play a dangerous game. In London, Burr and Steadman face mounting opposition from Whitehall.
- Directed by Susanne Bier
- Written by David Farr
S01E04
Episode 4
Roper welcomes Pine into his inner circle, leaving Corky out in the cold. Meanwhile, Burr has concerns for the safety of her source, when she suspects key information has been leaked to the River House.
- Directed by Susanne Bier
- Written by David Farr
S01E02
Episode 2
On the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Roper’s life of luxury and calm is shattered. Six months earlier, Burr continues her recruitment of Pine, sending him to Devon to build his cover story.
- Directed by Susanne Bier
- Written by David Farr
S02E04
Episode 4
Pine has the proof he needs to expose the British-backed overthrow of the Colombian government. But Teddy no longer trusts Matthew Ellis, and Gilberto Hanson is on his tail.
- Directed by Georgi Banks-Davies
- Written by David Farr
S01E03
Episode 3
While he continues to recuperate in Roper’s villa, Pine starts to dig up secrets about the other members of the household. Meanwhile, Burr and Steadman seize on an opportunity to recruit a new asset.
- Directed by Susanne Bier
- Written by David Farr
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
David Farr
Showrunner
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Tessa Inkelaar
Executive producer
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Alexei Boltho
Executive producer
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Joe Tsai
Executive producer
Hugh Laurie
Executive producer
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Gaynor Holmes
Executive producer
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Chris Rice
Executive producer
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Georgi Banks-Davies
Executive producer
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Simon Cornwell
Executive producer
Adrián Guerra
Executive producer
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William D. Johnson
Executive producer
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Clare Cornwell
Executive producer
Susanne Bier
Executive producer
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Stephen Garrett
Executive producer
John le Carré
Executive producer
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Michele Wolkoff
Executive producer
Tom Hiddleston
Executive producer
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Polly Hill
Executive producer
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Arthur Wang
Executive producer
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Stephen Cornwell
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tessa InkelaarExecutive Producer
- Alexei BolthoExecutive Producer
- Joe TsaiExecutive Producer
- Hugh LaurieExecutive Producer
- Gaynor HolmesExecutive Producer
- Chris RiceExecutive Producer
Writing
- David FarrWriter
Direction
- Georgi Banks-DaviesDirector
- Susanne BierDirector
Cinematography
- Tim SidellDirector of Photography
- Michael SnymanDirector of Photography
Music
- Federico JusidOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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