Series · 1991
Sleepers

The series
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Episodes
Season 1 · 4 episodes · 1991
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Episode 110 Apr 199155m
The Awakening
In 1990, the Russians discover a secret room in the Kremlin that is a meticulous recreation of London life in the 1960s. After savvy KGB agent Nina Grishina figures out that the room was used to train two agents who haven't been heard from…
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Episode 217 Apr 199155m
The Net Tightens
Nina's arrival in London arouses the interest of the CIA, which only intensifies after the sports-obsessed London KGB chief is observed handing over a suspicious film reel. After their reunion, Jeremy and Albert return to their UK lives, b…
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Episode 324 Apr 199155m
On the Run
Together again, the sleepers take to the road in Jeremy's red Ferraris to elude the KBG stakeout. Albert's effort to reassure Sandra backfires, and she has to admit her jaded mother may be right. MI5 gets in deep, tripping over the CIA, wh…
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Episode 41 May 199155m
Welcome Home
The jig is up and the sleepers are going in. Nina begins to regret her success when she learns the truth. Meanwhile, Comrade Zorin is out of the mental hospital and back in command of the mission.
Cast

Nigel Havers
Jeremy Coward / Sergei Rublev
Warren Clarke
Albert Robinson / Vladimir Zelenski
David Calder
Victor Chekhov
Michael Gough
Andrei Zorin
Joanna Kanska
Major Nina Grishina
Christopher Rozycki
Oleg PetrovskiRichard Huw
Igor Kostov
Alan David
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William Chubb
George Wetherby
Angus MacInnes
Bill Sullivan
Ricco Ross
Karl Richfield