Sleepers

Overview

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.

Episodes

S01E01 The Awakening

April 10, 1991
In 1990, the Russians discover a secret room in the Kremlin that is a meticulous re-creation of London life in the 1960s. After savvy KGB agent Nina Grishina figures out that the room was used...

S01E02 The Net Tightens

April 17, 1991
Nina's arrival in London arouses the interest of the CIA, which only intensifies after the sports-obsessed London KGB chief is observed handing over a suspicious film. After their reunion, Jeremy and Albert return to their...

S01E03 On the Run

April 24, 1991
Together again, the sleepers take to the road in Jeremy's red Ferraris to elude the KBG stakeout. Albert's effort to reassure Sandra backfires, and she has to admit her jaded mother may be right. MI5...

S01E04 Welcome Home

May 1, 1991
The jig is up and the sleepers are going in. Nina begins to regret her success when she learns the truth. Meanwhile, Comrade Zorin is out of the mental hospital and back in command of...

Cast

Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Jeremy Coward
Warren Clarke
Warren Clarke
Albert Robinson
Michael Gough
Michael Gough
Andrei Zorin
David Calder
David Calder
Viktor Chekhov
Joanna Kanska
Joanna Kanska
Christopher Rozycki
Christopher Rozycki
Oleg Petrovski
Richard Huw
Annie Hulley
Annie Hulley
William Chubb
William Chubb

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