Ashenden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The playwright John Ashenden is recruited as a spy during the First World War by the British secret service but becomes increasingly disenchanted with the tasks he is given to perform. The start of each episode shows progressively more of an aged Ashenden living in France in the mid-1960s, reacting adversely to a piece of music on the radio.

Series details

• Title: Ashenden
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Espionage
• Premiere date: 1991-11-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-12-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 51049
• IMDb ID: tt0101040
• TVDB ID: 266557

Cast and credited roles

• Alex Jennings — John Ashenden
• Joss Ackland — Cumming
• Ian Bannen — R
• Alfred Molina — Carmona
• Elizabeth McGovern — Aileen Somerville

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-11-17; final listed air date 1991-12-08; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ashenden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.