The Worricker Trilogy

2011 • PBS
4.5
385 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 Page Eight
11/5/11
Season-only
From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving MI5 officer whose life—both personal and professional—has just been turned inside out. When his boss and best friend (Michael Gambon) dies suddenly, Worricker is left on his own to deal with a contentious Top Secret file that threatens the sanctity and stability of the entire MI5 organization. Further complicating his life is his suspicion that a chance encounter with his beautiful neighbor (Rachel Weisz) was, in fact, meticulously orchestrated to serve her own secret agenda. Though his well-honed instinct to question everything is right on, the more duplicity he uncovers, the more desperate he becomes to find someone he can trust before he’s forced to walk out on his job—and his life.
2 Turks and Caicos
11/8/14
Season-only
From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is hiding out from his work at MI5 on the tax-exile island paradise Turks & Caicos. Trouble comes knocking when an encounter with a CIA agent (Christopher Walken) forces him into the company of some dubious American businessmen. Claiming to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis, Worricker soon learns their shady activities extend far beyond the business of luxury hotels. When one of them turns up dead, it's their financial PR (Winona Ryder) who seems to know more than she's letting on. But will she help Worricker come to an understanding of what these men do and why they’re here? Worricker tries to persuade a former girlfriend (Helena Bonham Carter) to betray her boss in London in order to gain more information. As evidence linking the men to Prime Minister Alec Beasley (Ralph Fiennes) comes to light, Worricker must act quickly if he is to survive.
3 Turks and Caicos: Uncovered
11/8/14
Season-only
From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - The cast and crew of “Turks and Caicos” give an inside look into the making of the exciting second installment of the Worricker film trilogy. Featuring interviews with Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Winona Rider, Rupert Graves, Ralph Fiennes, Christopher Walken, and more.
4 Salting the Battlefield
11/15/14
Season-only
From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - MI5 officer Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) and Margot Tyrell (Helena Bonham Carter) are on the run together across Europe, going from town to town in Germany. But Worricker knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront his nemesis—the prime minister, Alec Beasley (Ralph Fiennes). To do this, he's going to have to bring to light some unsavory facts about the prime minister's financial and business arrangements. But Worricker is haunted by the suspicion that he's not the only person out to undermine the prime minister.
5 Salting the Battlefield: Moving On
11/15/14
Season-only
From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - The cast and crew of “Salting the Battlefield” discuss the final thrilling installment of the Worricker film trilogy. Featuring interviews with Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Graves, and more.

About this show

From PBS and MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - Page Eight, Turks and Caicos, and Salting the Battlefield form The Worricker Trilogy—three gripping programs that follow the exploits of the intensely private and scrupulous Worricker—from MI5 headquarters in London to exile on a Caribbean island to life on the run with his former lover and fellow agent Margot Tyrrell (Bonham Carter). A spy who prefers the black-and-white certainties of the Cold War, Worricker finds himself increasingly out of his element as the distinction between ally and enemy dissolves into the amorphous alliances of the 21st century.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
385 reviews
bill s
October 8, 2016
First time on play movies. This show is listed as free, but only episodes #3&5. Really Google?! way to IMMEDIATELY alienate customers.
46 people found this review helpful
Arion
January 23, 2015
So good so yummy so amazing lol Great acting great story I mean I was flipping threw channels and stumbled onto this and been hooked ever since. A must watch.
23 people found this review helpful
Dana “Rainy” Roberts
January 14, 2016
Loved it! Saw it on pbs .... Have enjoyed Bill Nighy through the many British TV shows he's been on. Wonderfully awesome actor... And what a treat he is in this trilogy!!
50 people found this review helpful