The Ipcress File - Season 1 - Episode 1
Harry Palmer is serving as a working-class British sergeant in Berlin as the Cold War rages in the 1960s. Palmer is a sharp and savvy operator, with varied side-hustles that ultimately land him trouble with the law for crimes that could mean an eight-year stretch in a grim English military jail. But spotting Palmer’s potential, and his network in Berlin, an intelligence officer offers him a way to avoid prison by becoming a spy. His first case is The Ipcress File — a dangerous undercover mission on which Palmer must use his links to a man suspected of kidnapping a missing British nuclear scientist.
About The Ipcress File

Title: The Ipcress File
First Air Date: 2022-03-06
Last Air Date: 2022-04-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.121/10 (from 62 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: ITV1
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics
Production Companies: ITV Studios
Synopsis
As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
Cast

Joe Cole
Harry Palmer

Lucy Boynton
Jean Courtney

Tom Hollander
Major William Dalby

Ashley Thomas
Paul Maddox

Paul Higgins
Minister

David Dencik
Colonel Stok

Joshua James
Chico

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
General Cathcart

Anastasia Hille
Alice

Brian Ferguson
Ian Randall