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  • 2022
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  • 2022
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Summary Joe Cole (Harry Palmer) begins his intelligence career in Berlin, while Jean Courtney (Lucy Boynton) get close to CIA agent Paul Maddox (Ashley Thomas) in this loose adaptation of Len Deighton's 1962 book with influences from the 1965 film with Michael Caine. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 6 Mar 2022 and set to air in the U...

  • 2022
  • Not Rated
  • ITV
  • 2022
  • Not Rated
  • ITV

The Ipcress File

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 30, 2021
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Joe Cole (Harry Palmer) begins his intelligence career in Berlin, while Jean Courtney (Lucy Boynton) get close to CIA agent Paul Maddox (Ashley Thomas) in this loose adaptation of Len Deighton's 1962 book with influences from the 1965 film with Michael Caine. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 6 Mar 2022 and set to air in the U...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
May 18, 2022
The Ipcress File isn't your garden variety spy story, nor is it a gloom-and-doom picture of horrible people doing horrible things. It's in the balance between those two extremes that The Ipcress File manages to fit itself — and while it's far from perfect, this is definitely a show that'll have you waiting with bated breath every week for the next thrilling episode.
By Remus Noronha FULL REVIEW
80
May 29, 2022
The drama is engaging, but fans of the book should prepare for a wildly different story.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2022
Whether or not you're a fan of the Michael Caine film, this TV version has both the pedigree and big-budget feel to recommend it. And even if you're familiar with the famous plot, there may just be some surprises in store.
By Flora Carr FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2022
Cole’s Palmer is fiercely intelligent, occasionally flippant, and liable to push people’s buttons. It’s a fine performance, if a little detached for an everyman hero.
By Rachael Sigee FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2022
One of the adaptation’s pleasures is also its peril: it invites us to compare Joe Cole’s interpretation with Caine’s. Fortunately, Cole is a Harry Palmer for our times. ... It’s not a showy performance, but all the better for that to punch up his rare bons mots.
By Stuart Heritage FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 8, 2022
This six-part series strays into homage, right down to replicating the moment in which Palmer gropes for his glasses to bring the room into focus. ... Cole homes in on the character’s insolence and aloofness, but doesn’t deliver on charm.
By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW
50
May 18, 2022
You could, as the series winds along and pads out the time with a subplot about Dalby’s former Soviet lover, wish for some of the film’s silliness to enliven the lovely photography and bespoke nostalgia. And the story, while more coherent and consequential, still has a laboratory-maze quality to it. You could also wish, it must be said, no matter how unfairly, for some of Caine’s blunt magnetism.
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW

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6.3
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Production Company:
  • Altitude Television
  • ITV Studios
  • Liverpool Film Office
  • Cofiloisirs
  • Filmgate Films
  • Lipsync
  • Turbine Studios
Initial Release Date: Nov 30, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: Not Rated
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