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Reilly: Ace of Spies · S1 · E9

After Moscow

  • NR
  • Oct 26, 1983
  • 50 min

1918: Reilly and his friends filter back to Britain and face questioning from an official enquiry. As Lenin's condition becomes stable, both Reilly and Dzerzhinsky plan their next moves.

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1918: Reilly and his friends filter back to Britain and face questioning from an official enquiry. As Lenin's condition becomes stable, both Reilly and Dzerzhinsky plan their next moves.

Season 1

12 episodes
  1. 1An Affair with a Married Woman

    50 minSep 5, 1983

    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.

  2. 2Prelude to War

    50 minSep 7, 1983

    1904: Reilly is stationed in Port Arthur and forced to help the Japanese, against his better judgement, in taking the port from the Russians. As a mass evacuation gets under way, Reilly’s plans are put at risk by a soft-spoken detective.

  3. 3The Visiting Fireman

    50 minSep 14, 1983

    1905: A British operation to steal German ship plans is in danger of being uncovered. Zaharov wants the plans and Cummings wants a compromised agent saved, but Reilly decides on a unique approach to the problem.

  4. 4Anna

    50 minSep 21, 1983

    1906: Reilly’s search for Margaret takes him to Paris, where Cummings forces him into helping secure an oil contract from an Australian who may sell to the Rothschilds. An unexpected turn of events reunites Reilly with his sister.

  5. 5Dreadnoughts and Crosses

    50 minSep 28, 1983

    1910: Apparently now working for the Germans in Russia, Reilly is to bid on their behalf for a valuable weapons contract, giving him a chance to finally get his revenge on Zaharov.

  6. 6Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses

    50 minOct 5, 1983

    1910: Reilly’s winning of the weapons contract depends on his marriage to a Russian Countess. Unfortunately, Margaret’s reappearance, engineered by Zaharov, threatens to ruin everything.

  7. 7Gambit

    50 minOct 12, 1983

    1918: Back in Russia, Reilly is tasked with appealing with the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany and return to the war. When Lenin refuses, he sets in motion a plan to overthrow the government and place himself in power.

  8. 8Endgame

    50 minOct 19, 1983

    1918: Reilly’s plans come under strain when the British fail to give Savinkov the promised military support and Dzerzhinsky scuppers plans to assassinate Lenin. But then unexpected events change everything.

  9. 9After Moscow

    50 minOct 26, 1983Now viewing

    1918: Reilly and his friends filter back to Britain and face questioning from an official enquiry. As Lenin's condition becomes stable, both Reilly and Dzerzhinsky plan their next moves.

  10. 10The Trust

    50 minNov 2, 1983

    1924: Reilly is in exile in New York drumming up support and money for Savinkov’s anti-bolshevik movement. A new organisation, the Trust, campaigns for Savinkov’s return, but Reilly suspects that Dzerzhinsky is behind them.

  11. 11The Last Journey

    50 minNov 9, 1983

    1925: Reilly’s propaganda war against the Trust has gone well enough for them to reach out and invite him to Russia. He hopes to finally undermine Dzerzhinsky’s operation, but Dzerzhinsky is already under scrutiny from Stalin.

  12. 12Shutdown

    50 minNov 16, 1983

    1925: Reilly has been arrested and is subjected to interrogation and torture. Back in Britain, Pepita fights to find out the truth while Cummings campaigns for his release. As Dzerzhinsky’s whole operation is put under threat, a last minute deal is attempted.

Guest stars

Lindsay DuncanAlexandra
Kenneth CranhamLenin
Ian CharlesonLockhart
Clifford RoseCecil
Robert WalkerAdamson
Rupert FrazerLeeper
Jane MaudElsa
Bill GavinTimkins
Bogdan KominowskiPeters
Edward KelseyProsecutor
Robert LankesheerAttendant
Virginia GreigDeb
Jim DunkFreight Clerk
Clive MerrisonSavinkov
Norman RodwayCummings
Tom BellDzerzhinsky