Starring David Suchet, Cheryl Campbell, and Peter Capaldi, it was first shown in the United Kingdom from 28 October to 11 November 1992.

[1] The mostly inactive spy Alfred Verloc is ordered by his superior Mr Vladimir to carry out a terrorist act.

Verloc’s subsequent actions gravely affect his wife who is devoted to her mentally unbalanced brother Stevie.

A contemporary review in The Los Angeles Times described the production positively, writing, "striking performances by both Suchet and Campbell, with the usual support from a clutch of good British character actors, are excellent reasons to keep watching.

Another is the way this meticulously detailed psychological drama juxtaposes settings, from the fashionable salons of the upper crust to Verloc's own squalid shopkeeper's digs, as the battle between the empowered and the unempowered leads to an inevitable result.