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Harry's Game

1982 · 1 season

A slow, tense descent into a lonely undercover mission, steeped in political violence and moral ambiguity, with a haunting sense of inevitable tragedy.

Created by
Gerald Seymour
Genres
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.
How it feels
Bleak, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Isolation, obsession, violence, betrayal
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
Gerald Seymour
Genres
Crime, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Created by
Gerald Seymour
Written by
Gerald Seymour
Starring
Ray Lonnen, Benjamin Whitrow, Nicholas Day, Geoffrey Chater, Sean Caffrey, Derek Thompson, Maggie Shevlin, Gil Brailey
Music
Mike Moran
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 53 min each
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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