The Secret Agent

London, 1886: Verloc (Toby Jones) runs a seedy sex shop in the heart of Soho. Unknown to his loyal wife Winnie (Vicky McClure) Verloc is paid by the Russian embassy to spy on a dangerous anarchist cell. Summoned to the Embassy, he is given a mission: orchestrate a bombing that will be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a crackdown by the British. Verloc must source a bomb, but hide his actions from Winnie and Chief Inspector Heat (Stephen Graham) of Scotland Yard’s Special Crimes Division. Unable to persuade his anarchist comrades to help, Verloc sets his sights on Winnie’s younger brother Stevie as his accomplice ...

Michaelis's suspicions threaten to scupper Verloc's planned bomb attack. Back in London, Heat faces the Professor's madness and Winnie finds herself alone with Ossipon.

As the authorities struggle to make sense of the plot behind the Greenwich attack, Chief Inspector Heat moves to arrest Verloc. Winnie, devastated by the bomb outrage, confronts Verloc and flees into the arms of Ossipon. The pair go on the run, taking a midnight train to Southampton. But the police, led by Chief Inspector Heat, are in hot pursuit ...