Sleepers
1991 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Welcome Home
Wed, 1 May, 9:00 pm
In the Scottish Highlands, Jeremy and Albert prepare to escape, while in Eccles, private investigator Bob Riley discovers Albert is not all he seems.
About
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
- E01
The Awakening
Wed, 10 Apr· 60 minDeep in the heart of the Kremlin a discovery is made which sends shockwaves through the KGB hierarchy. The repercussions are felt in the heart of the City of London, and in a brewery in Eccles.
- E02
The Net Tightens
Wed, 17 Apr· 60 minMI5 and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK, and our 'heroes' past lives are catching up with them.
- E03
On the Run
Wed, 24 Apr· 60 minAlbert makes a dash for freedom, hotly pursued by the KGB. In London, M15 and CIA take action to apprehend the suspected subversives. In Eccles, Sandra searches for her missing husband.
- E04
Welcome Home
Wed, 1 May· 60 minIn the Scottish Highlands, Jeremy and Albert prepare to escape, while in Eccles, private investigator Bob Riley discovers Albert is not all he seems.
Cast
Nigel Havers
Jeremy Coward
Warren Clarke
Albert Robinson
David Calder
Victor Chekhov
Michael Gough
Andrei Zorin
Christopher Rozycki
Oleg Petrovski