Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)

EnglishSeries19831 season50 min episodesCrime, Drama★ 7/10

The amazing true story of the world's first international super spy

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

Created by

Troy Kennedy Martin

Starring

Sam Neill

First aired

1983-09-05

Status

Ended

Network

ITV1

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