Harry's Game

Harry's Game

Harry's Game

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Harry's Game

1982- 1982

1 Seasons

3 Episodes

6.7(14 votes)

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Crime

Drama

Overview

British undercover agent Harry Brown is sent to Northern Ireland to infiltrate the IRA to find (and terminate) the assassin of a British Cabinet Minister. Harry is alone, the army hasn't been told he is being put in place, his wife is fed up with him and his job, and his sole new friend, an Irish woman who falls for him, will be consumed by his relentless search for the assassin.

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Yorkshire Television

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ray Lonnen

Ray Lonnen

Harry Brown

Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

Davidson

Nicholas Day

Nicholas Day

Bannen

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater

Colonel George Frost

Sean Caffrey

Sean Caffrey

Inspector Howard Rennie

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Billy Downes

Maggie Shevlin

Maggie Shevlin

Mrs Downes

Gil Brailey

Josephine Laverty

Charles Lawson

Charles Lawson

Seamus Duffryn

Tony Rohr

Tony Rohr

IRA Brigade Commander

Creative team

Created by: Gerald Seymour
Showrunner: David Cunliffe
Produced by: Keith Richardson

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