There’s no shortage of intrigue and action in new six-part series from ‘Giri/Haji’ showrunner Joe Barton
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Well, at least until your boss at the shadowy private intelligence agency gatecrashes your Christmas shindig to inform you that your illicit lover has been murdered and your cover potentially blown. Such is the lot of Helen Webb , a senior politician’s wife living a double life as a spy in Netflix’s rollicking new thriller. Black Doves merrily follows Die Hard in marrying festive cheer with season’s beatings.
Similarly jarring yet quickly justified is the casting of Ben Whishaw as trigger-happy hitman Sam, who is tasked by inscrutable spymaster Reed with protecting Helen. Lancashire is ever commanding as the head of the Black Doves, an information-sourcing organisation operating in the service of the pound rather than the monarch on the banknotes. There’s no shortage of adrenalised action set pieces and simmering intrigue.
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