The Contract

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Cast: Kevin McNally, Bernard Hepton, James Faulkner, Hans Caninenberg, Brigitte Karner

The Cold War heats up on the German border.

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

Drama

Seasons

1. Part 1

Air Date: 1988-01-03

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. Part 2

Air Date: 1988-01-04

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. Part 3

Air Date: 1988-01-05

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.

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