This opening episode was all about setting up the chess board. This has tragic results for Pine who has become romantically involved with his source.įour years later Pine is working as night manager at a resort in Switzerland when his path crosses once more with Roper’s. Burr attempts to intervene, but it is politically expedient for Roper’s sale to go forward.
The deal comes to the attention of Angela Burr (Colman), head of an international anti-arms unit in London. Pine shares the documents with an Embassy contact who passes them to British Intelligence. The seller is Richard Roper (Lurie), a billionaire philanthropist. He is shocked to discover they appear to show an arms deal. Flirtatious Egyptian guest Sophie Alekan (Aure Atika) asks him to photocopy some documents. The Revolution against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is making his western guests nervous. It is 2011 and former British soldier Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston) is the night manager of a luxury hotel in Cairo. Featuring an A-list cast headed up by Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman, a screenplay from acclaimed writer David Farr ( Hanna, Spooks), and directed by the Danish director Susanne Bier whose 2010 film In A Better World won an Oscar for best foreign language film.įarr updates le Carré’s novel from the early nineties using the political backdrop of The Arab Spring for a dramatic opening. Adapted from John le Carré’s 1993 novel – his first post-cold war espionage thriller – The Night Manager is BBC drama at its most lavish.
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