TV series
Restless
Overview
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Details
- First air date
- 2012-12-27
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC, Sundance Channel, Endor Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hayley Atwell as Eva Delectorskaya
- Rufus Sewell as Lucas Romer
- Michelle Dockery as Ruth Gilmartin
- Michael Gambon as Baron Mansfield / Lucas Romer
- Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin / Eva Delectorskaya
- Thekla Reuten as Sylvia Rhys Myers
- Alexander Fehling as Karl-Heinz
- James Norton as Kolia
- Adrian Scarborough as Morris Devereux
- Bertie Carvel as Mason Harding
- Tom Brooke as Angus Woolf
- Anthony Calf as Gerald Laird
Creators and crew
- Christian Vesper - Executive Producer
- Matthew Read - Executive Producer
- William Boyd - Executive Producer
- Paul Frift - Producer
- Hilary Bevan Jones - Producer
- Edward Hall - Director
Episodes
Episode 1
Ruth Gilmartin finds out from her mother that they have been living a double life. She is not respectable Sally Gilmartin but in fact Eva Delectorskaya, a spy for the British Secret Service who has been on the run for 30 years.
Episode 2
When a crucial mission collapses in the USA and Eva Delectorskaya finds herself in terrible, fatal jeopardy, she knows she has no option but to run and hide - forever. The final chapter of this epic story of love, duplicity and betrayal is about to end, and who will pay the greatest price remains to be discovered.
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