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The Contract Season 1 · Episode 1

Part 1

3rd January 1988 50 mins Season 1 Episode 1

British intelligence must convince Russian scientist Wilhelm Guttmann to come to the United Kingdom, but with his son in their hands, former soldier Johnny Donoghue is tasked with securing his cooperation amid Cold War tensions.

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Donoghue goes undercover in Berlin to make contact with Guttmann and persuade him to defect, navigating tense East German surveillance and diplomatic complications between the British and West Germans.
Talent

Cast

Kevin McNally
Kevin McNally
Johnny Donoghue
Bernard Hepton
Bernard Hepton
Henry Carter
James Faulkner
James Faulkner
Charles Mawby
Hans Caninenberg
Hans Caninenberg
Professor Guttman
Brigitte Karner
Brigitte Karner
Erica Guttman
Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff
Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff
Willi Guttmann
Donald Pickering
Donald Pickering
Permanent Undersecretary
Robert Lang
Robert Lang
Deputy Undersecretary
Bert Parnaby
Bert Parnaby
Adam Percy
Claus-Peter Seifert
Claus-Peter Seifert
Ulf Becker
Hans Schödel
Hans Schödel
Heini Schalke
Katharina Abt
Katharina Abt
Jutte Hamburg
Marion Kracht
Marion Kracht
Renate
Edward Clayton
Edward Clayton
Charlie Davies
Judy Holt
Judy Holt
Lizzie Forsyth