The Undeclared War: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in 2024, The Undeclared War tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, secretly working to ward off a series of cyber-attacks on the UK in the run up to a general election. When a routine stress test of internet infrastructure goes awry 21-year-old GCHQ intern Saara Parvin suddenly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.

Series details

• Title: The Undeclared War
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2022-06-30
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 34432
• IMDb ID: tt7939800
• TVDB ID: 401831

Cast and credited roles

• Simon Pegg — Danny Patrick
• Joss Porter — Phil Draper
• Hannah Khalique-Brown — Saara Parvan
• Tom McKay — Max Kelly
• Alex Jennings — David Neal
• German Segal — Vadim Trusov
• Ed Stoppard — Richard Marston
• Adrian Lester — Andrew Makinde
• Maisie Richardson-Sellers — Kathy Freeman
• Edward Holcroft — James Cox
• Siân Brooke — Barbara Napier
• Danny Sapani — Charlie Francis

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-06-30; final listed air date 2022-06-30; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2026-07-21; final listed air date 2026-07-21; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Undeclared War 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.