Reilly: Ace of Spies

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

Release

5 Sept 1983

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production

Overview

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.

Miniseries

Air Date:6 Sept 1983

Available

An Affair with a Married Woman

1901: Professor Sydney Rosenblum is taken from a train and held under unofficial arrest in a provincial Russian village, suspected of stealing confidential oil surveys. The young wife of an elderly vicar may hold the secret to his escape.

Runtime:50m

Air Date:6 Sept 1983Available