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Ashenden

Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham

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Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: N/A

Duration: 55 minutes

Release: 1991-11-17

Rating: 6

1"The Dark Woman"

1991-11-17

A traitorous actress is pressured by threats into enticing her terrorist lover to leave the safety of neutral Switzerland and join her in France, an ally of England.

2"The Traitor"

1991-11-24

A quiet Englishman, Caypor, has chosen to spend the war in Switzerland, as his wife is German. But Ashenden suspects he may be a spy, and may have to be killed.

3"Mister Harrington's Washing"

1991-12-01

Ashenden is sent to revolutionary Russia with funds for delivery to Kerensky, the Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, who England supports.

4"The Hairless Mexican"

1991-12-08

Ashenden is joined by an eccentric assassin known as "the hairless Mexican" who is dangerous.