'The Spy') is a Portuguese historical drama television miniseries starring Daniela Ruah, Diogo Morgado and Maria João Bastos.
[1] It tracks the maze of espionage in 1940s Portugal by focusing on the Shell network, dealing with developments such as the provision of tungsten (a critical mineral in war time).
[6] Developed by José de Pina and Rui Cardoso Martins based on an original idea from Pandora da Cunha Telles,[7] the writing team was formed by Raquel Palermo, Cláudia Clemente, Martim Baginha, Snir Wein, Pablo Iraola, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Rui Cardoso Martins and José de Pina.
[4] Consisting of 8 episodes,[4] shooting took place from May to July 2019 in Lisbon, Porto, Curia, Tomar, Figueira da Foz and Santiago de Compostela.
[4] Directors included Jorge Paixão da Costa [pt], Edgar Pêra and João Maia.