Legacy of Spies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series begins in the shadow of the newly-erected Berlin Wall, as Alec Leamas watches his last agent shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, a senior British intelligence officer in Berlin, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse - a desk job - Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service, with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.

Series details

• Title: Legacy of Spies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Espionage
• Status in TVmaze: In Development
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• TVMaze ID: 88749
• IMDb ID: tt36153667
• TVDB ID: 471152

Cast and credited roles

• Matthew Macfadyen — George Smiley
• Charlie Hunnam — Alec Leamas
• Daniel Brühl — Jens Fielder
• Devrim Lingnau — Doris Quinz
• Hugh Laurie — Control
• Dan Stevens — Bill Haydon
• Felix Kammerer — Hans-Dieter Mundt
• Agnes O'Casey — Liz Gold
• Joe Alwyn — Jim Prideaux
• Anjana Vasan — Connie Sachs
• Charlotte Ritchie — Ann Smiley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Legacy of Spies 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.