First look at Matthew Macfadyen in new John le Carré BBC drama

• First-look images have been released showing Matthew Macfadyen as spymaster George Smiley in the upcoming BBC drama Legacy Of Spies .
• The eight-part Cold War series is adapted from John le Carré’s novels The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and A Legacy Of Spies.
• Macfadyen stars alongside Charlie Hunnam as intelligence officer Alec Leamas, alongside co-stars Hugh Laurie, Charlotte Ritchie, and Daniel Brühl.
• Set in the 1960s around the erection of the Berlin Wall, the drama focuses on a high-stakes intelligence operation to trap an East German official.
• Filming for the series has recently wrapped, with 60-minute episodes set to premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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