Spy (2011 TV series)
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Spy is a British
television comedy
series created and written by Simeon Goulden. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been comissioned and aired on a digital only channel Sky1.
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United Kingdom
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television comedy
Television comedy
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series created and written by Simeon Goulden. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been comissioned and aired on a digital only channel Sky1.
Premise
The series is about a Tim, a bumbling man who accidentally applied for, and is offered a job with MI5MI5
The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
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Cast and characters
Character | Relation | Actor/Actress | Duration |
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Tim Elliot | Protagonist | Darren Boyd Darren Boyd Darren Boyd is an English actor well known for his roles in Smack the Pony, Green Wing, Whites and most recently for playing the role of John Cleese in Holy Flying Circus. He is a classically trained singer, and played a jazz musician in NBC’s Watching Ellie... |
2011-present |
Marcus Elliot | Tim's nine year old son | Jude Wright | 2011-present |
The Examiner | Tim's boss | Robert Lindsay Robert Lindsay (actor) Robert Lindsay is an English actor who is best known for his television work, especially his roles of Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Michael Murray in G.B.H., Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family which has been on television screens since 2000.-Early life:Lindsay was... |
2011-present |
Judith Elliot | Tim's ex-wife | Dolly Wells Dolly Wells Dolly Wells is a British comedy actor, best known for playing several characters in the Channel 4 Show Star Stories alongside Kevin Bishop and for being the Head of the Marmite Love Party Fay Freely, the Marmite commercials during 2006... |
2011-present |
Philip | Judith's current partner | Tom Goodman-Hill Tom Goodman-Hill Tom Goodman-Hill is an English actor of radio, film, stage and television.Born as Tom Hill and raised near Newcastle upon Tyne, he qualified as a teacher before turning to acting. During his time in Newcastle, he regularly acted in amateur performances at the People's Theatre... |
2011-present |
Chris | Tim's friend and former colleague | Mathew Baynton Mathew Baynton Mathew Baynton is an English actor and writer. He stars in the UK television series Horrible Histories as a singer, actor and writer. He also played Deano in Gavin & Stacey. Mat is also in the band Special Benny and also has a separate solo career under the name of Dog Ears... |
2011-present |
Caitlin | Tim's MI5 colleague | Rebekah Staton Rebekah Staton Rebekah Staton is a British actress who was raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. She attended Wolgarston High School and trained at RADA.... |
2011-present |
Paula | Rosie Cavaliero Rosie Cavaliero Rosie Cavaliero is an English actress.She was trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.- Television and film work :* The Crimson Petal and the White - Jennifer Pierce * Jane Eyre - Grace Poole... |
2011-present | |
Mortiz | Ed Coleman Ed Coleman Ed Coleman is a radio reporter/host for the New York Mets on WFAN.In the early 1990s he co-hosted WFAN's midday show with Dave Sims. The show was nicknamed the Coleman and the Soul Man. When the show was canceled he was reassigned as WFAN's New York Mets beat reporter... |
2011-present |
Episode list
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