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ITV. Release. 5 September. ( 1983-09-05) –. 16 November 1983. ( 1983-11-16) Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 British television programme dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian-born adventurer who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the United Kingdom and the British Empire. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century ...
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- ITV
- 5 September –, 16 November 1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies: With Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell. A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
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Sidney George Reilly MC (/ ˈ r aɪ l i /; c. 1873 – 5 November 1925), known as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS).
- 1917–1921
- Second Lieutenant
Reilly, Ace of Spies. 1 9 8 3 (UK) 1 x 75 minute episode. 11 x 60 minute episodes. The true story of Sidney Reilly – a legendary Russian agent working for the British to try to topple the Bolshevik regime before James Bond had sipped his first unstirred Martini. Reilly was a spy for the British Empire from World War I until his mysterious ...
Wed, Oct 26, 1983. After the failure of the promised Btitish troops at Archangel and the failed assassination of Lenin as well as the assassinations of the Romanoffs, Sidney's hope for political control of Russia and its vast national resources vanish, and he takes his leave of British intelligence. 7.9/10 (67) Rate.
Additional Information. Years: 1983. Seasons: 1. Genre: Drama. Sam Neill stars in this espionage drama exploring the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian-born secret agent who became one of Britain's greatest spies.
“Reilly: Ace of Spies” is framed by large events – the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), the lust for petroleum of the Royal Navy circa 1909, the European arms race that paved the way for the First World War, and, most importantly for the series, the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent civil war and struggle for power.
