Episode 2
Cold War spy thriller. A Soviet agent discovers top secret intel that could be used to plot a nuclear strike. Time is running out for Joe and the team.
Tom Mallory is a respected employee of the MoD and a sleeper agent secretly working for the KGB. Tom's got high level access to state secrets, and when he discovers the contents of a top-secret letter, he could leave the UK vulnerable to a nuclear attack. Daddy and the team must find him, turn him and stop him before he shatters the precarious peace of the Cold War.
Meanwhile, Joe is haunted by events in his past, his lover's killer is in London and he is deeply embroiled in Operation Glass. Can he put his personal vendetta to one side, or will it jeopardise his part in the investigation?
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"No strike back, no retaliation"
Duration: 02:05
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Joe Lambe | Tom Hughes |
| Daddy | Brian Cox |
| Bobby Waterhouse | Paul Ritter |
| Sarah Montag | Victoria Hamilton |
| Alan Montag | Jonathan Aris |
| DC Jim Fenchurch | Shaun Dooley |
| Wendy Straw | Chloe Pirrie |
| Hester Waterhouse | Judy Parfitt |
| Yulia | Zana Marjanovic |
| Arkady | Marcel Iures |
| Odin | Jevgenij Sitochin |
| KGB Hood | Velibor Topic |
| Tom Mallory | Steven Mackintosh |
| Chen Mei | Gemma Chan |
| Valerie Parkwood | Emma Fielding |
| Alice | Georgina Rich |
| Film Narrator | Jon Glover |
| Created by | Toby Whithouse |
| Writer | Toby Whithouse |
| Director | Niall MacCormick |
| Producer | Radford Neville |
Broadcast
- Thu 7 May 201521:00
Who is Joe Lambe?
Actor Tom Hughes talks about his enigmatic character in The Game.
Writing The Game
Toby Whithouse talks about writing the series for BBC Writers Room
