1 Season
4 Episode
- Season 1
He lived it before he wrote it.
Set at the outbreak of WWII – mischievous playboy Ian Fleming is untroubled by the specter of impending war – chasing women, collecting rare books and living off his family fortune. Forever in the shadow of his brother Peter, and an eternal disappointment to his formidable mother Eve, Fleming dreams of becoming the ‘ultimate’ man – a hero, a lover, a brute and the one who always gets the girl. He is finally given some direction in his life when he’s recruited by the Director of Naval Intelligence to help in the effort against the Nazis. Suddenly, Fleming finds his chance to shine and prove his worth.
- Year: 2014
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Studio: Sky Atlantic, BBC America
- Keyword: spy, biography, historical figure, miniseries, writer, overbearing mother, period drama, british secret service, nazi collaborationism, nazi occupation, 1940s, 1930s
- Director:
- Cast: Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Samuel West, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Evans, Lesley Manville