TV series

Game, Set, and Match

1988 · 1 season

A slow-burning, talky spy drama that keeps you leaning in to track loyalties and lies across a chilly, morally grey world.

Tagline: BERLIN GAME. MEXICO SET. LONDON MATCH.
Overview: Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.
How it feels: Tense, cynical, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, conspiracy, loyalty, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
conspiracy
loyalty
identity
isolation
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild