# Recommend a British Spy Series on Netflix?

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**Created:** [January 22, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329 "2012-01-22T20:51:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hentzau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Hentzau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentzau)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/1 "2012-01-22T20:51:41Z")

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Okay, I watched all of MI-5. Liked it. I watched The Last Enemy and The State Within. Liked them. Okay, they’re not entirely spy stories but you get my drift.

What else would I like? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/2 "2012-01-22T22:39:13Z")

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[State of Play](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Play_%28TV_serial%29), perhaps? Not really a spy series, but I thought it was compelling.

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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/3 "2012-01-22T22:41:39Z")

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Recommend a British Spy Series on Netflix?

No.

Well, you did put it in the form of a question… 😃

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/4 "2012-01-22T22:52:01Z")

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy … or is that too obvious? Alec Guinness is great, as always. I’ve been meaning to watch Smiley’s People as well, which is also on Netflix.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/5 "2012-01-22T22:59:37Z")

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[The Sandbaggers.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandbaggers) It’s by far the best spy series ever on TV.

\*\*Tinker, Tailor \*\*was a miniseries, but, though great, it’s no **Sandbaggers**.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/6 "2012-01-22T23:28:33Z")

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_The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs._

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**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-british-spy-series-on-netflix/610329/7 "2012-01-22T23:47:07Z")

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Not sure if it’s on Netflix but [Reilly, Ace of Spies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly,_Ace_of_Spies) is a good one, set in a very different time period (1901-1925). It stars a young Sam Neill.