Double life

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Double LIFE

SHAUN EVANS on the joys of playing a troubled MI5 agent in a complex thriller

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03 February, 2026

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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