The Little Drummer Girl (miniseries)

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Not to be confused with The Little Drummer Girl (film) or The Little Drummer Girl.
The Little Drummer Girl
Series title with an image of a suitcase in a doorway
Genre Drama
Espionage
Based on The Little Drummer Girl
by John le Carré
Directed by Park Chan-wook
Starring
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Stephen Cornwell
  • Simon Cornwell
  • Joseph Tsai
  • Park Chan-wook
  • Michael Lesslie
  • John le Carré
  • Arthur Wang
  • Wonjo Jeong
Producer(s) Laura Hastings-Smith
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  • London
  • Athens
  • Prague
Cinematography Kim Woo-hyung
Editor(s) Lucia Zucchetti
Production company(s)
Release
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Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 28 October (2018-10-28) –
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)

The Little Drummer Girl is a British-American television series based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré and first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2018 and in the United States during November 2018.[1]

Cast

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  • Michael Shannon[2] as Martin Kurtz[3], an Israeli spymaster working in a clandestine agency.[4]
  • Alexander Skarsgård[5] as Gadi Becker[3], a mysterious man whom Charlie encounters on holiday in Greece and becomes her holiday fling. He is then revealed as an Israeli intelligence officer.[4]
  • Florence Pugh[6] as Charmian "Charlie" Ross[7], a radical left-wing English actress in her early 20s who in 1979 is sucked into a story of espionage.[4]
  • Michael Moshonov as Shimon Litvak, a key Israeli member of Kurtz's team.[4]
  • Simona Brown as Rachel, a charismatic young operative working in Kurtz's team.[8]
  • Clare Holman as Miss Bach, an Englishwoman who is a key member of Kurtz's Munich team.[4]
  • Kate Sumpter as Rose.
  • Gennady Fleyscher as Schwilli.
  • Alessandro Piavani as Rossino, an Italian terrorist.
  • Amir Khoury as Michel, a Palestinian revolutionary and Khalil's youngest brother.[4]
  • Charles Dance as Commander Picton.
  • Lubna Azabal as Fatmeh, sister of Khalil and Michel. [4]
  • Max Irons as Al, Charlie's on and off boyfriend, a self-righteously political and big headed actor.[4]
  • Katharina Schüttler as Helga, a radical revolutionary who helps Michel recruit disillusioned European women into his network.[9]
  • Bethany Muir as Sophie.
  • Charif Ghattas as Khalil Al Khadar

Episodes

No. Title Directed by [10] Written by Original air date [11] US airdate [12] U.K. viewers
(millions)		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 "Episode 1" Park Chan-wook Michael Lesslie 28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 19 November 2018 8.17[13] 0.40[14]
2 "Episode 2" Park Chan-wook Michael Lesslie 4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 19 November 2018 5.82[13] 0.40[14]
3 "Episode 3" Park Chan-wook Claire Wilson[15] 11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 20 November 2018 N/A 0.23[16]
4 "Episode 4" Park Chan-wook Michael Lesslie 18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 20 November 2018 N/A 0.23[16]
5 "Episode 5" Park Chan-wook Claire Wilson 25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 21 November 2018 N/A 0.30[17]
6 "Episode 6" Park Chan-wook Michael Lesslie 2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 21 November 2018 N/A 0.30[17]

Reception

The series holds an approval rating of 89% based on 62 critics, and an average score of 7.53/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. The critics' consensus reads "The Little Drummer Girl marches to a steady beat of assured plotting, extraordinary art direction, and a uniformly terrific cast that makes the show's smolderingly slow burn pace bearable."[18] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, signifying "generally favorable reviews".[19]

References

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