TV series
Atomic
Overview
When the path of free-spirited drug smuggler Max collides with JJ, an enigmatic outsider on the run, an unlikely friendship is formed. They're swept into a chaotic, high-stakes mission they never signed up for, trafficking highly enriched uranium across North Africa and the Middle East, with the CIA, MI6, and a global web of opposing forces closing in fast.
Details
- First air date
- 2025-08-28
- Status
- Returning Series
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 5 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Network
- Sky Atlantic, Sky Max
- Production
- Sky Studios, Pulse Films
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alfie Allen as Max
- Shazad Latif as JJ / Mohammed
- Samira Wiley as Cassie Elliott
- Avital Lvova as Oksana Shirokova
- Stuart Martin as Rab Mackintosh
- Franklin Vírgüez as Antonio Alam
- Charlie Murphy as Laetitia
- Brian Gleeson as Mark Ellis
- Vahid Gold as Khaled Awad
- Akin Gazi as Sayed Ahman
- Mostafa Benkerroum as Rifaat Atallah
- Flavia Fazenda as Maria Garcia
Creators and crew
- Gregory Burke - Creator
- Alfie Allen - Creator
- Shazad Latif - Creator
- Samira Wiley - Creator
- Jamie Hall - Executive Producer
- Sam Hoyle - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Al Britani
Drug smuggler Max and outsider on the run JJ forge an unlikely friendship when they become caught up in a cartel's plot to transport uranium across north Africa.
Episode 2: Baal
In Beirut, deep cover CIA agent Cassie Elliott receives a tip off about an exchange of uranium that has apparently just taken place in the city, close to where Max and JJ are now laying low, and decides to investigate. Meanwhile, Max receives evidence that the cartel has kidnapped his girlfriend Laetitia and he must take the statues all the way to Marrakech if he is to save her.
Episode 3: The End of Days
Max and JJ are forced to try and secure safe passage to Marrakech through Syria, a country that hides a troubled past for one of them. Meanwhile, Cassie's former CIA colleague Mark Ellis lands in Syria to help her catch the two fugitives.
Episode 4: Little Boy
In Marrakesh, Max and JJ prepare for the uranium exchange with the cartel, all under the watchful eye of Cassie.
Episode 5: The Path of Totality
Max and JJ are swept up in a chaotic, high-stakes mission they never signed up for: trafficking uranium across North Africa.
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