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Tenet

A hardened CIA agent is recruited into a mind-bending mystery with cause and effect ‘inverted’, so weapons can strike from the future. His suspect is a ruthless Russian oligarch.

A hardened CIA agent is recruited into a mind-bending mystery with cause and effect ‘inverted’, so weapons can strike from the future. His suspect is ruthless Russian oligarch Andrei Sator.

Globe-trotting espionage drama with a science-fiction edge from multi-award winning Christopher Nolan, director of Inception, Oppenheimer and Interstellar.

2 hours, 20 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Aug 202522:00
BBC Three

Credits

ProtagonistJohn David Washington
NeilRobert Pattinson
KatElizabeth Debicki
PriyaDimple Kapadia
CrosbyMichael Caine
SatorKenneth Branagh
FayMartin Donovan
WheelerFiona Dourif
WriterChristopher Nolan
DirectorChristopher Nolan

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 May 202422:00
    BBC Two
  • Tue 28 May 202422:00
    BBC Three
  • Sun 22 Dec 202423:50
    BBC One except HD, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Christmas Eve 202421:00
    BBC Three
  • Fri 15 Aug 202522:40
    BBC One except HD, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Fri 15 Aug 202523:10
    BBC One Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Tue 19 Aug 202522:00
    BBC Three

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