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THE IPCRESS FILES - SUNDAYS 9pm itv. Tv pace NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 01/03/2022 10:21

Ok here’s our next weekly series

Has good reviews

In the newly partitioned city of Berlin, Harry Palmer is a sharp working-class young man with sophisticated tastes determined to make a lot of money. A wholesaler, retailer, fixer, smuggler, Harry’s varied interests bring him into contact with everything and everyone in Berlin in the early 1960s – until the law catches up and it all comes crashing to a halt.

Harry finds himself sentenced to eight years in a grim military jail in England, all his prospects abruptly torn away. But his impressive network and efficiency have not gone unnoticed, and a gentleman from British intelligence has a proposal.

To avoid prison, Harry Palmer will become a spy. And the case on which he cuts his teeth will be 'The Ipcress File'.

Harry’s links to the man suspected of kidnapping a missing British nuclear scientist result in him being conscripted for a dangerous undercover mission that takes him from the Beatles’ London to the Berlin Wall, from the back alleys of Beirut to the white hot sand of a Nuclear Atoll in the Pacific.

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FormerBoardingSchoolTeacher · 07/03/2022 17:18

I loved the first episode, especially Lucy Boynton’s hair (OK, I can be shallow.) I used to have mine like that on special occasions.

In the 60s I went on a school trip to Berlin and crossed from West to East. We didn’t go through a checkpoint, though, it was through those tunnels on the train.

the80sweregreat · 07/03/2022 17:57

Lucy Boynton is so beautiful, lovely eyes and hair.
I didn't know she played Mary in Bohemian Rhapsody and is dating the star of that film ( until I looked her up !)
I got a bit confused at the end of this episode
and I think that Joe Cole's homage to Michael Caine ( who was in the original film ) will start to grate a bit too.
Plus I've never been a fan of 60s espionage films and dramas. The lack of mobiles is funny though and the sixties fashion is cool

the80sweregreat · 07/03/2022 18:00

Tom Hollander is lovely
Loved him in Rev with Olivia Coleman
He plays toffs quite well

SpinningTheSeedsOfLove · 07/03/2022 18:04

I think the acting is pretty damn good.

Blondeshavemorefun · 07/03/2022 18:39

@the80sweregreat

Tom Hollander is lovely Loved him in Rev with Olivia Coleman He plays toffs quite well
@the80sweregreat Tom is lovely. I said that earlier
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JaneJeffer · 07/03/2022 18:43

The London set is amazing even if they did walk past the same sign twice in one scene Grin

JaneJeffer · 07/03/2022 18:45

@ilovebrie8

Who is the actor that is Lucy B's sidekick?
Bashy
ilovebrie8 · 07/03/2022 20:14

@JaneJeffer bashy? Confused am confused ...hehehe

ilovebrie8 · 07/03/2022 20:15

I recognise him but can’t think of his name

Blondeshavemorefun · 07/03/2022 20:21

Main cast

THE IPCRESS FILES - SUNDAYS 9pm itv. Tv pace NO SPOILERS
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JaneJeffer · 07/03/2022 20:45

@ilovebrie8 did you mean the black guy?

Blondeshavemorefun · 07/03/2022 20:48

Ashley Thomas aka bashy

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ilovebrie8 · 08/03/2022 08:40

Not not the black guy ...the one driving the car when he was realised from prison ? Lucy B was in the front of the car and he was the driver ...

Blondeshavemorefun · 08/03/2022 14:09

@ilovebrie8 as I’m bored. Him

Haven’t a clue

THE IPCRESS FILES - SUNDAYS 9pm itv. Tv pace NO SPOILERS
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ilovebrie8 · 08/03/2022 14:57

lol yes him! I have seen him before but can't think where...

CrossPurposes · 08/03/2022 15:55

Joshua James.

ilovebrie8 · 08/03/2022 16:22

@CrossPurposes yes him, he was in Life it was good I thought...

Blondeshavemorefun · 08/03/2022 18:25

@CrossPurposes

Joshua James.
I don’t know him but his name was in the cast pic I did
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BreakfastOfWaffles · 10/03/2022 01:17

I really enjoyed the first episode. Didn't understand the end bit though - why was the physicist shot and was it even him anyway?

Blondeshavemorefun · 10/03/2022 05:18

Guess shot as he had been kidnapped

But was it him really. They mentioned his scar which he checked

Looked like a kidney remover. Only know this as my
Dad had same operation and scar in same place

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Blondeshavemorefun · 13/03/2022 18:27

Bump for tonight..I’m working so will avoid thread from 9pm

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Ellmau · 13/03/2022 18:53

I found ep 1 SO SO slow. Will give tonight a go though.

Blondeshavemorefun · 13/03/2022 19:32

I really enjoyed @Ellmau and we need to know who got shot

As obv wasn’t the scientist they all want

Sure the cup will provide whose fingerprints

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viques · 13/03/2022 21:52

Just nipping in on the ad break to say how much I am enjoying this! In a funny way it reminds me of The Avengers ( circa Diana Rigg days, oops) very self consciously cool, mannered and edgy and only letting you see all the secrets one at a time.

Blondeshavemorefun · 14/03/2022 17:03

Just about to watch now @viques

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