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TV tonight: a spicy, funny cold war Killing Eve prequel
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This Berlin-set origin story stars Ann Skelly and Rory Kinnear. Plus: the clever, creepy mystery of Yaga takes another turn. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One If you ever wondered how Fiona Shaw’s Killing Eve MI6 oddball Carolyn Martens got so eccentric, you’re in lu
This Berlin-set origin story stars Ann Skelly and Rory Kinnear. Plus: the clever, creepy mystery of Yaga takes another turn. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One If you ever wondered how Fiona Shaw’s Killing Eve MI6 oddball Carolyn Martens got so eccentric, you’re in luck.
This drama, set in East Berlin in 1982, is her origin story: Martha/Carolyn (Ann Skelly) is a bored junior spy when Rory Kinnear’s agent Graham Anderson gives her an assignment that leads her into a menage a trois with a CIA operative and a Stasi officer. It doesn’t quite manage the irreverent mischief of prime Killing Eve but it’s still spicy fun. Phil Harrison Continue reading...
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