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"Would you risk your life for a dying empire?"

2017- 2017

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

6.6(24 votes)

Ended

Drama

War & Politics

Overview

Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.

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Production Companies

The Forge Entertainment

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Honor Martin

Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore

Lieutenant Ed Laithwaite

Amanda Drew

Amanda Drew

Mary Markham

Ben Miles

Ben Miles

Major Harry Markham

Jeremy Neumark Jones

Jeremy Neumark Jones

Captain Joe Martin

Jessica Raine

Jessica Raine

Alison Laithwaite

Ouidad Elma

Ouidad Elma

Yusra Saeed

Chris Reilly

Chris Reilly

Sergeant Alex Baxter

Toby Woolf

George Markham

Kevin Sutton

Kevin Sutton

Corporal Israel Orchover

Creative team

Created by: Peter Moffat
Showrunner: Elwen Rowlands
George Faber
Produced by: Margery Bone
Mark Pybus

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