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Genre
  
Spy

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
2

Final episode date
  
11 June 1985

Network
  
ITV

8.4/10
IMDb


Directed by
  
Gerald Blake

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
18 April 1984

Number of seasons
  
1

Number of episodes
  
10

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Starring
  
Alec McCowen Clive Wood Caroline Blakiston Briony McRoberts

Cast
  
Alec McCowen, Clive Wood, Caroline Blakiston, Briony McRoberts

Similar
  
Widows, Injustice, The Bill, Van der Valk, Whitechapel

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Mr Palfrey of Westminster was a British television drama produced by Thames Television for ITV and which ran between 18 April 1984 and 11 June 1985.

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Plot summary

Mr Palfrey is a mild, middle aged man—the epitome of a middle rank British Civil Servant.

He is also a spook.

This series focused on the more cerebral than physical aspects of the espionage business. It was perhaps this lack of action that was regarded as its major drawback for the typically prime-time audience on Britain's then-largest commercial TV channel, ITV.

Two series in total were made in addition to the pilot. The pilot, "The Traitor", by George Markstein, aired as part of Thames Television's Storyboard anthology on 23 August 1983. Series 1 consisted of just four one-hour episodes, and first aired on Wednesday evenings from 9.00 to 10.00pm, 18 April to 9 May 1984. Series 2 consisted of six one-hour episodes and aired on Tuesdays, again from 9.00 to 10.00pm, 7 May to 11 June 1985. A subsequent play featuring Blair, "A Question of Commitment", by Philip Broadley, was first transmitted in the Storyboard anthology on 23 May 1989.

Regular cast and characters

  • Alec McCowen as Mr Palfrey, the lead character, a Whitehall based spycatcher.
  • Briony McRoberts as Caroline, Mr Palfrey's secretary
  • Clive Wood as Blair, Mr Palfrey's more action-orientated assistant
  • Caroline Blakiston as The Coordinator, head of espionage activities for the British Government
  • DVD release

    The complete series, including the Pilot episode and the Pilot for a series based on Blair's character, was released on a 3-DVD set on 16 August 2010, on Network 7953332.

    References

    Mr. Palfrey of Westminster Wikipedia