A Perfect Spy

Name: A Perfect Spy
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1987-01-01
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Alan Howard, Rüdiger Weigang, Peggy Ashcroft

1987| 1 season| IMDb 6.5

Watch A Perfect Spy (1987) for free in the UK on BBC iPlayer. Last updated 1 May 2026.

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Peter Egan stars as Magnus Pym in a dramatisation of the John Le Carré novel about a top spy who goes missing. First broadcast on the BBC in 1987, A Perfect Spy is a painfully honest account of a father-and-son relationship and a brilliant study of a man’s infinite capacity for betrayal.

Creator: Arthur Hopcraft, John le Carré

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