Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies

1983 1 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Crime Drama

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

An Affair with a Married Woman

1901: Professor Sydney Rosenblum is taken from a train and held under unofficial arrest in a provincial Russian village,

EP 2

Prelude to War

1904: Reilly is stationed in Port Arthur and forced to help the Japanese, against his better judgement, in taking the po

EP 3

The Visiting Fireman

1905: A British operation to steal German ship plans is in danger of being uncovered. Zaharov wants the plans and Cummin

EP 4

Anna

1906: Reilly’s search for Margaret takes him to Paris, where Cummings forces him into helping secure an oil contract f

EP 5

Dreadnoughts and Crosses

1910: Apparently now working for the Germans in Russia, Reilly is to bid on their behalf for a valuable weapons contract

EP 6

Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses

EP 7

Gambit

1918: Back in Russia, Reilly is tasked with appealing with the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany and ret

EP 8

Endgame

1918: Reilly’s plans come under strain when the British fail to give Savinkov the promised military support and Dzerzh

EP 9

After Moscow

1918: Reilly and his friends filter back to Britain and face questioning from an official enquiry. As Lenin's condition

EP 10

The Trust

1924: Reilly is in exile in New York drumming up support and money for Savinkov’s anti-bolshevik movement. A new organ

EP 11

The Last Journey

1925: Reilly’s propaganda war against the Trust has gone well enough for them to reach out and invite him to Russia. H

EP 12

Shutdown

1925: Reilly has been arrested and is subjected to interrogation and torture. Back in Britain, Pepita fights to find out

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