Codename: Kyril
Codename: Kyril is a 208-minute British serial, first broadcast in 1988. It is a Cold War espionage drama, starring Ian Charleson, Edward Woodward, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, and Richard E. Grant. The spy thriller was directed by Ian Sharp, and the screenplay was written by John Hopkins, from a 1981 novel by John Trenhaile. The fairly complex plot concerns a known Russian spy ("Kyril") sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.
Plot
In Moscow, Marshal Stanov (Peter Vaughan), the head of the KGB, realizes that there must be a traitor within the KGB Moscow Center who is leaking high-level information to MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. He secretly sends his most trusted operative, Colonel Ivan Bucharensky (Ian Charleson), as an agent provocateur to the West in order to force the traitor to reveal himself out of fear of exposure.
More details
author | John Hopkins |
---|---|
contentLocation | London Netherlands |
director | Ian Sharp |
genre | drama thriller |
keywords | agent provocateur arms trafficking catherine neilson codename double agent espen skjønberg fall gunrunner id kgb kill locked in marshal marshal of the soviet union meet mi6 one person secret intelligence service set up west |
musicBy | Alan Lisk |
productionCompany | Hartswood Films |
publisher | ITV Showtime |