Codename: Kyril (1988)
3h 28m
Running Time
March 29, 1988Release Date
Plot.
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.
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Cast & Crew.

Ian Charleson
Ivan Bucharensky - 'Kyril'

Edward Woodward
Michael Royston

Joss Ackland
'C'

Richard E. Grant
Laurence Sculby

John McEnery
Loshkevoi

Denholm Elliott
Povin

Peter Vaughan
Marshal Stanov

Espen Skjønberg
General Michaelov

James Laurenson
Sikarov

Sven-Bertil Taube
Stolynovitch

Catherine Neilson
Emma

Hugh Fraser
Peter Jackson

Tor Stokke
Yevchenko

Peter Wight
Evans

Dermot Crowley
Carter

James Cosmo
Bonham

Charles Simon
Trumper

Hugh Ross
Detective Fitzgerald

Terence Harvey
Chairman - Magistrate's Court

Antony Carrick
Head of Staff

Alec Linstead
Williams

Christopher Driscoll
Backman

David Lyon
Burrows

Caroline Holdaway
Betty

Geff Francis
Rastafarian

Julie Neubert
Woman Patient

Robin Fraser-Paye
Costume Design

Patrick Dromgoole
Executive Producer

Steve Groves
Art Direction

Kenneth Sharp
Production Design

Frode Krohg
Art Direction

Bob Edwards
Director of Photography

Alan Lisk
Original Music Composer

Debbie McWilliams
Casting

Terry Maisey
Editor

Stein Monn-Iversen
Executive Producer

Beryl Vertue
Producer

John Hopkins
Writer

Ian Sharp
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Codename: Kyril is a 4-part British miniseries, first broadcast in 1988 over two consecutive nights. It is a Cold War espionage drama, starring Ian Charleson, Edward Woodward, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, and Richard E. Grant. The spy thriller was directed by Ian Sharp, and the screenplay was written by John Hopkins, from a 1981 novel by John Trenhaile. The fairly complex plot concerns a known Russian spy ("Kyril") sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.