In this thrilling BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s timeless novel, Golden Globe nominee Toby Jones (Detectorists, The Hunger Games) stars as Anton VerIoc, an unassuming Soho shopkeeper. Unbeknownst to even his loyal wife, Winnie (Vicky McCIure, Line of Duty, Broadchurch), VerIoc also works for the Russian embassy as a spy. Wishing to spur the London authorities into action against a group of IocaI anarchists, Verloc’s empIoyers give him a mission: plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory to paint the anarchists as terrorists. VerIoc abhors the idea of kilIing civilians, but if he fails, his identity as a spy will be exposed. |