‘it couldn’t be more exciting’

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Endeavour star Shaun Evans plays an MI5 agent at a crossroa

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03 February, 2026

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The Endeavour actor on a spy story with a difference… If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a spy – or to be married to one – four-part thriller Betrayal might give you some idea as it not only

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Ever wondered what it’s like to be married to a spy? In four-part espionage thriller Betrayal, Romola Garai plays Claire, the wife of MI5 agent John Hughes (Shaun Evans). After he receives intel about

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BETRAYAL MI5 is the setting for this tense thriller starring Shaun Evans, Romola Garai and Zahra Ahmadi. Created by award-winning writer David Eldridge, the series centres on John Hughes (Evans), a se