The Secret Agent

Episode 2 of the three part series

From the Wisconsin Public Television website: In this thrilling BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad's timeless novel, Golden Globe nominee Toby Jones stars as Anton Verloc, an unassuming Soho shopkeeper. Unbeknownst to even his loyal wife, Winnie, Verloc also works for the Russian embassy as a spy. Wishing to spur the London authorities into action against a group of local anarchists, Verloc's employers give him a mission: plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory to paint the anarchists as terrorists. Verloc abhors the idea of killing civilians, but if he fails, his identity as a spy will be exposed.

From Wikipedia: ....more recently, The Secret Agent is considered to be one of Conrad's finest novels. The Independent calls it "[o]ne of Conrad's great city novels".... whilst The New York Times insists that it is "the most brilliant novelistic study of terrorism".... It is considered to be a "prescient" view of the 20th century, foretelling the rise of terrorism, anarchism, and the growth of spy agencies, such as MI5. The novel is on reading lists for both secondary school pupils and university undergraduates.

Read more about Conrad's "The Secret Spy" and its numerous adaptations 

EPISODE 1

• July 7th, 8pm on WPT
• July 8th, 2am on WPT
• July 8th, 10pm on Wisconsin Channel

EPISODE 2

• July 14th, 8pm on WPT
• July 15th, 2am on WPT
• July 15th, 10pm on Wisconsin Channel

EPISODE 3

• July 21th, 8pm on WPT
• July 22th, 2am on WPT
• July 22th, 10pm on Wisconsin Channel