Confessional (TV series) explained

Director:Gordon Flemyng
Genre:Drama
Thriller
Espionage
Starring:Robert Lindsay
Keith Carradine
Simon Chandler
Robert Lang
Valentina Yakunina
Arthur Brauss
David de Keyser
Stephen Holland
Helen Rappaport
Niall Toibin
Producer:Gordon Flemying
Richard Everitt
Based On:Confessional by Jack Higgins
Composer:John Cacavas
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:4
Company:Granada Television
Network:ITV
Language:English
Country:United Kingdom

Confessional is a British espionage thriller television miniseries starring Robert Lindsay, Keith Carradine, Simon Chandler, Robert Lang, Valentina Yakunina and Arthur Brauss. This series based on the 1985 spy novel of the same name by Jack Higgins and adapted for the television by James Mitchell and directed by Gordon Flemyng, it was produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and originally aired in four parts from 4 to 25 October 1989. The plot follows a rogue terrorist turned Soviet assassin, code named Cuchulain, trying to prevent a peace agreement between the parties involved in Northern Ireland.

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