The Night Manager | |
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Genre |
Drama Espionage |
Based on |
The Night Manager by John le Carré |
Screenplay by | David Farr |
Directed by | Susanne Bier |
Starring | |
Music by | Victor Reyes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Rob Bullock |
Cinematography | Michael Snyman |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Ink Factory BBC Demarest Films AMC |
Distributor | IMG |
Release | |
Original network |
BBC One (UK) AMC (US) |
Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
Audio format | Stereo |
First shown in | United Kingdom |
Original release | 21 February | – 27 March 2016
External links | |
BBC website | |
AMC website |
The Night Manager is a British television serial directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, David Harewood, Tom Hollander, and Elizabeth Debicki. It is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by John le Carré and adapted by David Farr to the present day. The six-part serial began broadcasting on BBC One on 21 February 2016. In the United States, it began on 19 April 2016 on AMC. IMG sold the serial internationally to over 180 countries.
The Night Manager has been nominated for 36 awards and has won 11, including two Emmy Awards for director Susanne Bier and music composer Victor Reyes and three Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actor for Tom Hiddleston, Best Performance for an Actress in a Supporting Role for Olivia Colman, and Best Performance for a Supporting Actor for Hugh Laurie.
Luxury hotel night manager and former British soldier Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) is recruited by Angela Burr (Olivia Colman), an intelligence operative. He is tasked to navigate Whitehall and Washington, D.C. where there is an alliance between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. He must infiltrate the inner circle of arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper (Hugh Laurie), Roper's girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki), and associate Corkoran (Tom Hollander).