Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)

Crime · Drama · History

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (1,999 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel · BritBox Amazon Channel · Spectrum On Demand · Thirteen · WETA+
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Sam Neill Sidney Reilly

Seasons

Season 1 (1983)

7.77 avg 12 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 53 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	An Affair with a Married Woman	7.3	131
2	Prelude to War	7.8	105
3	The Visiting Fireman	7.9	97
4	Anna	7.5	89
5	Dreadnoughts and Crosses	7.4	84
6	Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses	7.6	83
7	Gambit	7.9	83
8	Endgame	7.8	80
9	After Moscow	7.8	80
10	The Trust	7.7	78
11	The Last Journey	8.3	73
12	Shutdown	8.2	75