Betrayal, the new Manchester-set spy thriller that ITV has described as “gripping” and “compelling”, is finally airing on TV tonight. The first of four episodes will air at 9pm on ITV1, with episode 2 following at the same time tomorrow.
The show follows M15 officer John Hughes, played by Endeavour actor Shaun Evans, who is putting all his focus into his job while his marriage crumbles.
The action kicks off when he meets with an informant who could provide him with the key to taking down a major crime gang, but the informant is assassinated and he has to kill the the murderer before the same happens to him.
From there, a conspiracy unfolds and he wonders if he’s been betrayed. If that is true, just how high up does the corruption go?
Evans has been hyping this one up as something different for the spy thriller crowd, stating: “It’s about someone having a midlife crisis. Things are no longer working for John and he’s trying to find a way forward.
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“His relationship is falling down around his ears, and he no longer has the respect at work for his maverick qualities. His body is beginning to fail and his currency in the world is changing.
“If you set that against the world of international espionage, it becomes a very interesting dual story.”
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The show’s cast includes Suffragette’s Romola Garai, I, Jack Wright’s Nikki Amuka-Bird, EastEnders’ Zahra Ahmadi, The Outlaws’ Gamba Cole, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’s Omid Djalili, Grantchester’s Matthew Tennyson, Unforgotten’s Hayley Tamaddon, House of the Dragon’s Anthony Flanagan, G’wed’s Paddy Rowan and Out There’s Waj Ali.
It was directed by A Very Royal Scandal’s Julian Jarrold, while The Scandalous Lady W’s David Eldridge wrote the script.
Betrayal airs tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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