New ITV espionage drama, Betrayal – starring Endeavour’s Shaun Evans and Romola Garai – now has a transmission date. And it’s very soon!
At the heart of the story is John Hughes (Evans), a mid-career MI5 officer navigating a rapidly evolving intelligence landscape while struggling to keep his personal life intact. Acting on a hunch, John meets a British-Iranian man with links to the Stockport gangland who claims to have intelligence about an imminent plot on UK soil.
When the encounter takes an unexpected turn, John finds himself under internal investigation, facing scrutiny from his superiors including Simone Grant (Nikki Amuka-Bird), while his partner Claire (Garai) grapples with the secrecy that defines his world. John’s efforts to save his marriage are complicated by his inability to let the case go – when he meets Mehreen Askari-Evans (Zahra Ahmadi), an intelligence operative who is tasked with taking over John’s duties, he finds an unlikely ally.
As John becomes increasingly convinced of the involvement of a hardline faction of the Iranian regime, he also starts to worry there are enemies closer to home. Can he identify the target and avert the attack before it’s too late?
Here’s a trailer:
Betrayal: Sunday 8th February, 9pm, ITV1