
The Game(2014)
"The Game" is a 1970s Cold War spy thriller set in the world of espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5 as it battles to protect the nation from the threats of the Cold War.


“Double agents. Dark sources. Deadly missions.”
Betray your country, save the world. Spies and traitors play a dangerous game in the 1980s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.

Saskia Reeves
Self - Narrator (voice)

Martin Munro
Oleg Gordievsky

Jacques Theron
Aldrich Ames

Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game is a documentary, war & politics series that first aired in 2024 exploring themes of cold war, soviet union, kgb, mi6, mi5, 1980s. Created by Lucie Ridout, it stars Saskia Reeves, Martin Munro, Jacques Theron. Betray your country, save the world. Spies and traitors play a dangerous game in the 1980s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.
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