TV series

Ashenden

1991 · 1 season

A quiet, rueful plunge into wartime espionage where moral compromises accumulate slowly and the cost lingers decades later.

Overview: Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, cynical and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Betrayal, isolation, war, morality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
isolation
war
morality
memory
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild