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Series · 1988

The Contract

The Cold War heats up on the German border.

Created by Gerald SeymourKevin McNallyBernard HeptonJames Faulkner
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3 Jan 1988First aired
1Season
12BBFC rating
DramaGenre

The series

A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.

Episodes

Season 1 · 3 episodes · 1988

  1. Episode 13 Jan 198850m

    Part 1

    British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.

  2. Episode 24 Jan 198853m

    Part 2

    Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.

  3. Episode 35 Jan 198852m

    Part 3

    Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.

Cast

Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally

Johnny Donoghue
Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton

Henry Carter
James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Charles Mawby
Hans Caninenberg

Hans Caninenberg

Professor Guttman
Brigitte Karner

Brigitte Karner

Erica Guttman

Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff

Willi Guttmann
Donald Pickering

Donald Pickering

Permanent Undersecretary
Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Deputy Undersecretary

Bert Parnaby

Adam Percy

Claus-Peter Seifert

Ulf Becker

Hans Schödel

Heini Schalke
Katharina Abt

Katharina Abt

Jutte Hamburg
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