TV series

The Contract

Name: The Contract
Released: 1988
Cast: Kevin McNally, Bernard Hepton, James Faulkner, Hans Caninenberg, Brigitte Karner

1988· 1 season· 50 min episodes★ 9.0Ended

The Cold War heats up on the German border.

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A British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.

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E1 Part 1Next upJan 3, 1988 · 50 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Hans Zander (Lentzer), Mike Montgomery (George), John Moreno (Foirot), Lutz Weidlich (Valeri Sharygin), Ann Rye (Mrs Ferguson), Allan McClelland (Judge), Ann Aris (Mawby's Assistant), Joan Campion (Middle-Aged Lady)
E2 Part 2Jan 4, 1988 · 53 min
Synopsis
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.
E3 Part 3Jan 5, 1988 · 52 min
Synopsis
Abandoned in East Germany as the operation unravels, Donoghue charges on with a desperate plan to smuggle Guttmann and his daughter across the border into West Germany.