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Official Secrets

Film drama based on the true story of the publication of a leaked GCHQ memo in the run-up to the Iraq war, the devastasting consequences for whistleblower Katharine Gun, who was put on trial for breaching the Official Secrets Act, and the journalists who were determined to unmask a conspiracy.

1 hour, 43 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Nov 202523:00
BBC Two

Credits

Katharine GunKeira Knightley
Martin BrightMatt Smith
Peter BeaumontMatthew Goode
Ed VulliamyRhys Ifans
Yasar GunAdam Bakri
Shami ChakrabartiIndira Varma
Ben EmmersonRalph Fiennes
Roger AltonConleth Hill
Elizabeth WilmshurstTamsin Greig
DirectorGavin Hood

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