Alex Rider: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

When Alex Rider learns that his uncle Ian has been killed in the line of duty as a British spy – and not in a car accident like he's been told – everything changes for this otherwise normal teen. He is approached by Alan Blunt, head of a shadowy offshoot of MI6 known as The Department, who reveals that Alex has been unknowingly trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage. Pressured to help investigate his uncle's death – and how it connects to the assassination of two high-profile billionaires – Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc. Isolated far above the snowline in the French Alps, Point Blanc claims to set the troubled teenage children of the ultra-rich back onto the right track. But as he digs deeper, Alex discovers that the students are in fact the subjects of a disturbing plan by the mysterious Doctor Greif – a plan which he will have to risk his life to stop.

Series details

• Title: Alex Rider
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2020-06-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-04-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Amazon Freevee
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 44168
• IMDb ID: tt6964748
• TVDB ID: 370312

Cast and credited roles

• Otto Farrant — Alex Rider
• Brenock O'Connor — Tom Harris
• Vicky McClure — Mrs. Jones
• Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo — Jack Starbright
• Stephen Dillane — Alan Blunt
• Ace Bhatti — John Crawley
• Thomas Levin — Yassen Gregorovitch
• Nyasha Hatendi — Smithers
• Marli Siu — Kyra Vashenko-Chao
• Haluk Bilginer — Dr. Hugo Greif
• Charithra Chandran — Sabina Pleasance
• Rakie Ayola — Jo Byrne

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-06-04; final listed air date 2020-06-04; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-12-03; final listed air date 2021-12-03; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2024-04-04; final listed air date 2024-04-04; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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