TV Series2022 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended

The Ipcress File

Name: The Ipcress File
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
Cast: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas, David Dencik

Taste attributes: action & adventuredramawar & politicspoliticalthrillerhistoricalespionageadventureunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA layered, expansive war and politics series, heavy rather than light. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.1 /10

TMDB · 35 votes

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Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

Season

Season 1

· 2022 · 6 episodes

Episodes (6)

1Episode 16 Mar 2022
Harry Palmer is serving as a working-class British sergeant in Berlin as the Cold War rages in the 1960s. Palmer is a sharp and savvy operator, with varied side-hustles that ultimately land him trouble with the law for crimes that could mean an eight-year stretch in a grim English military jail. But spotting Palmer’s…
2Episode 213 Mar 2022
A bomb explodes under Jean's car and only Harry's quick-thinking saves their lives. Harry spots a suspicious stranger tailing them who is identified as Randall, a former agent.
3Episode 320 Mar 2022
Harry and Jean arrive in Beirut in hot pursuit of Randall, who is holding Professor Dawson. Meanwhile, Dalby holds a secret rendezvous with Stok, a Russian colonel.
4Episode 427 Mar 2022
Dalby challenges General Cathcart, suspecting American involvement in Dawson's abduction. Harry and Jean head to the Pacific atoll where the neutron bomb is to be tested.
5Episode 53 Apr 2022
Harry is handed over to the Chinese military where he is subjected to a bewildering regime of mental torture. Dalby's love for Dr Lavotchkin takes its toll on his judgement.
6Episode 610 Apr 2022
Harry is tormented by what has been planted in his mind as his mission reaches its bloody climax and the stability of the free world is at stake.

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.

Synopsis: TMDB