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Toby Jones and Vicky McClure to star in BBC's The Secret Agent Toby Jones and Vicky McClure to star in BBC's The Secret Agent
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Toby Jones and Vicky McClure are to star in new BBC thriller The Secret Agent.Toby Jones and Vicky McClure are to star in new BBC thriller The Secret Agent.
The Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy star will play Verloc, a Russian spy who runs a seedy Soho shop as a front, in the television adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel. McClure will play his wife Winnie.The Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy star will play Verloc, a Russian spy who runs a seedy Soho shop as a front, in the television adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel. McClure will play his wife Winnie.
Jones said: “I am both excited and intrigued by the challenge of playing Verloc, the eponymous hero of Conrad’s startlingly relevant novel The Secret Agent.”Jones said: “I am both excited and intrigued by the challenge of playing Verloc, the eponymous hero of Conrad’s startlingly relevant novel The Secret Agent.”
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McClure added: “I’m so excited to play the part of Winnie. It’s an incredible script. And I’m delighted to work with Toby Jones, I’ve always been a huge fan of his”.McClure added: “I’m so excited to play the part of Winnie. It’s an incredible script. And I’m delighted to work with Toby Jones, I’ve always been a huge fan of his”.
She will be joined by fellow This is England actors Stephen Graham and Joseph Gilgun, along with Boardwalk Empire star Ian Hart.She will be joined by fellow This is England actors Stephen Graham and Joseph Gilgun, along with Boardwalk Empire star Ian Hart.
The Secret Agent will be directed by The Good Wife’s Charles McDougall and is his first UK drama in 10 years.The Secret Agent will be directed by The Good Wife’s Charles McDougall and is his first UK drama in 10 years.
The drama, set in the late 19th century, sees Verloc under pressure from Russia to provoke a group of London anarchists to spark a bomb attack that will trigger a government crackdown.The drama, set in the late 19th century, sees Verloc under pressure from Russia to provoke a group of London anarchists to spark a bomb attack that will trigger a government crackdown.
Filming will begin later this month.Filming will begin later this month.