Spyship
Miniseries
Suspicions are aroused when a British trawler goes missing... Tom Wilkinson leads the astonishing BBC Cold War drama inspired by real events. Enter a nightmarish world of political cover-ups of international consequence in the last decade of the Cold War in this six-part BBC drama. When an ordinary British fishing vessel and its 36-man crew mysteriously disappears off the coast of Norway, journalist Martin Taylor (Tom Wilkinson) is determined to find out why. His father was on board, and is now missing. His investigations soon lead him to run up against the twin barriers of Royal Navy stonewalling and an impenetrable Soviet Politburo. The notorious finale shocked audiences when it was first aired in 1983. The haunting theme 'A Cold Wind', sung by June Tabor, was so popular it was released as a single. Spyship is based on the fictional novel by Brian Haynes and Tom Keene, former reporters who researched the real life sinking of the FV Gaul in 1974 which was shrouded in mystery.
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6 Episodes
- Episode 1
E1Episode 1The Arctic waters off northern Norway, an icy international border where the military forces of NATO and the Soviet Union play a cat-and-mouse game of surveillance and counter-surveillance. These same waters are prime fishing grounds and the destination for deep-sea trawlers of many nations. One such trawler is the Caistor. - Episode 2
E2Episode 2The British trawler Caistor has disappeared in the Barents Sea. Martin Taylor, son of the Chief Engineer, waits for news in the ship's home port. After the official search is abandoned, a private expedition to Norway is being organised by Tom Silvers, brother of one of the crew, but both British and Soviet Intelligence are determined to suppress public anxiety. As the official inquiry is announced, a lifebuoy is found by a Norwegian fisherman... - Episode 3
E3Episode 3The public inquiry into the disappearance of the trawler Caistor has been interrupted by widows of the crew blaming the Russians. Martin Taylor, more determined than ever to discover the truth, sets out to trace a letter sent home by the ship's radio operator—but Evans has got there first.
