Red Election (2021)

Name: Red Election
Rating: 6.4

Rating: 6.4

Synopsis

Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson and British spy Beatrice Ogilvy are thrown together in a race against time. As a terrorist plot against the British PM unfolds, Poulson and Ogilvy are tangled up in a web of lies, murder and power struggles; they can't trust anyone, and they soon realise the deadly conspiracy could be part of a far-reaching geopolitical masterplan.

First Air Date: 2021-10-03

Last Air Date: 2021-10-03

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Created By: Ola Norén, Roland Ulvselius

Networks: Viaplay

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Top Cast

Vic Carmen Sonne as Katrine Poulson
Lydia Leonard as Beatrice Ogilvy
James D'Arcy as Adam Cornwell
Stephen Dillane as William Ogilvy
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Levi Nichols
Lorraine Burroughs as Etta Cornwell
Aidan McArdle as Zak
Clinton Liberty as Marcus
Goran Kostić as Oleg Adamov
Ian Kenny as Declan

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2021-10-03)

MI5 agent Beatrice Ogilvie is warned of an impending terrorist attack. Beatrice suspects that the Danish Secret Service agent Katrine Poulsen is involved and set a trap for her.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2021-10-03)

Beatrice is assigned to lead a security group for the Prime Minister, when he will meet a young woman. Has Beatrice been asked to enable an infidelity deal?
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2021-10-03)

Beatrice and Katrine are working together to prevent an assassination of the Prime Minister. But can Beatrice trust Katrine?
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2021-10-03)

It is revealed that Russian money is financing a Scottish terrorist group. Beatrice tracks down Oleg Adamov, the man who murdered her boss.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2021-10-03)

A bomb planted by an agent under Beatrice's leadership kills eleven civilians. Meanwhile, William Adam is asking to resign as the number of yes votes for Scotland's independence increases.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2021-10-03)

Beatrice's father is arrested on suspicion of being the Russian mole. Beatrice swears to prove his innocence.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2021-10-03)

Beatrice competes against the clock to save the life of GRU resource Yelena Alekin. Torben Jensen, Katrine's missing boyfriend, is finally found.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2021-10-03)

Beatrice now knows that Katrine is part of Redback. She confronts her, but Katrine has information that makes Beatrice astonish.
Ep. 9: Episode 9 (2021-10-03)

Shock when the Prime Minister finally loses the referendum. Beatrice tells William that she knows he was behind the Skanda bomb.
Ep. 10: Episode 10 (2021-10-03)

Operation Redback ends when a nuclear meltdown allows Russia to carry out a "friendly invasion" of Scotland.