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- 1. An Affair With a Married Woman Sep 5, 1983
- In 1901 master spy Sidney Reilly involves a minister's wife in scandal.
- 2. Prelude to War Sep 7, 1983
- Reilly poses as a shipping agent to acquire Soviet information.
- 3. The Visiting Fireman Sep 14, 1983
- Reilly's sent to obtain plans for a naval gun from a German shipyard.
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.
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.
This epic miniseries tells the true story of Sidney Reilly, the legendary super-spy who inspired James Bond.
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).
Nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe, this epic miniseries tells the true story of Sidney Reilly, the legendary super-spy who inspired James Bond. Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Peaky Blinders) stars as the suave Reilly, who spied for Britain against his native Russia in the early 1900s, even plotting to overthrow Lenin.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV Mini Series 1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In the early days of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Reilly works on behalf of the British to topple the Bolsheviks and get Russia back in the war.
