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Breaking Baz: Gemma Arterton Arms Herself To Thwart A Russian Mole In Timely ITV Adaptation Of Tom Bradby Thriller ‘Secret Service’

Gemma Arterton is starring in ITV's 'Secret Service' adaptation of the Tom Bradby novel.

Potboiler producers Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood have helped gather a top notch ensemble that includes Rafe Spall ( The English, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) as Stuart, Kate’s political advisor husband; Mark Stanley ( Adolescence, Happy Valley) as the ambitious foreign secretary; Alex Kingston ( Douglas Is Cancelled, Blue Bloods) as an MI6 finance guru; Roger Allam ( Endeavour) as C, the be-knighted head of MI6; Amaka Okafor ( Bodies, The Responder) as the Education secretary, and Khalid Abdalla ( The Crown,The Day of the Jackal) who plays another central character. Arterton, who worked with Egan and Calderwood on tv comedy series Funny Woman – a favourite of mine- set in the 1960s, says that “It’s exciting to do something really relevent and contemporary, because for a very long time I haven’t, because I tend to do period stuff.” The ensemble cast also includes, Aoife Hinds, Rochenda Sandall, Alma Prelec, Galaxie Clear, Harley Barton, Michael Tcherepashenets, Petar Zakavica, Miglen Mirtchev, Juris Zagars and Lana Vlady.

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