The Ipcress File

Overview

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.

Roughly 4h 42m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 6 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 47 minutes.

Trailer

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Series cast and crew

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  Joe ColeHarry Palmer
  6 episodes

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  Lucy BoyntonJean Courtney
  6 episodes

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  Tom HollanderMajor William Dalby
  6 episodes

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  Ashley ThomasPaul Maddox
  6 episodes

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  Paul HigginsMinister
  6 episodes

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  David DencikColonel Stok
  6 episodes

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  Joshua JamesChico
  6 episodes

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  Tom Vaughan-LawlorGeneral Cathcart
  6 episodes

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  Anastasia HilleAlice
  6 episodes

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  Brian FergusonIan Randall
  6 episodes

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  Matthew SteerProfessor Dawson
  6 episodes

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  Nora-Jane NooneDr. Karen Newton
  6 episodes

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  Corey JohnsonCapt. Skip Henderson
  6 episodes

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  Irfan ShamjiCarswell
  6 episodes

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  Anna GeislerováDr. Polina Lavotchkin
  6 episodes

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  Urs RechnHousemartin
  6 episodes

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  Paul BazelyMorris
  6 episodes

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  Marko BraićMurray
  6 episodes

Created by

Len Deighton and John Hodge

Network

ITV1

Seasons and episodes

• Miniseries2022 · 6 episodes