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Distributor:
Umbrella Entertainment
Certificate: M |
region 0 | 6 Disc Set
Available to buy
Extras:
Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Sam
Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson, Norman Rodway
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WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Reilly
- Ace of Spies which was first
shown back in 1983 has a
fantastic pedigree, superb
production values and a real
touch of quality that marks it
out as one the best drama series
of the last 30 years.
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Sam Neill, in a
career making performance, is Sidney Reilly, born into an aristocratic
Russian family but working as a spy for the British in early
Revolutionary Russia. The British Government want rid of the Bolshevik
regime in order to install their own puppet government.
Written by the
brilliant Troy Kennedy Martin (the man who gave us The Sweeney) and
coming from a period in the early 80's when the ITV Network were giving
the BBC a really run for the money in the best UK drama producer stakes
with Reilly, Brideshead and Jewel in the Crown all popping up around the
same time. It's a truly lavish production full of excitement and
intrigue and with some top English
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acting
talent involved including the likes of David Suchet, John Castle, Leo
McKern, Kenneth Cranham and Peter Egan, also watch out for early roles
by Bill Nighy and Joanne Whalley. There was a real Reilly, albeit one
not quite as glamorous as his TV counterpart and the 12 part series is
in part based on his biography by Robin Bruce Lockhart. Superb stuff.
Any
Special Features?
Trailers.
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