British mini-series portraying the adventures of real-life spy Lt. Sidney George Reilly (Sam Neill) (1873-1925). The series is a fictionalized account of his exploits. There are twelve episodes and the stories take place in various locales such as Korea, Armenia, Germany, England, United States and Russia.
File:Mannlicher1905.jpgMannlicher Model 1905Error creating thumbnail: File missingAfter returning safely to London Reilly (Sam Neill) picks up a mistress. Alexandra (Lindsay Duncan) is her name but she prefers the nickname "The Plugger." At her request Reilly takes her shopping for a handgun. In downtown London! However it is 1918.She falls for the Mannlicher Model 1905.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAlexandra displays a rather breezy attitude about gun safety. Fortunately it is unloaded.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReilly (Sam Neill) expresses doubt about her choice. It's an Austrian handgun and Austria is at war with England in 1918. He has doubts about the ability to obtain ammo for it.The shopkeeper informs him that he has two boxes of ammo. But she wants it and he buys it for her.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe war is now over. Alexandra realizes that life is dangerous with Reilly and she is returning home to mother.He makes sure she takes her Mannlicher with her.Reilly prefers the Luger.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingWebley Mk VI .455 WebleyFile:Sreilly.jpgReilly (Sam Neill) with Webley Mk VIError creating thumbnail: File missingReilly and one of his compatriots blast off a lock on a cell door. There has been a failed counter-revolution in Moscow and they are freeing a female compatriot who is being held in Lubyanka while everything is in chaos.Lubyanka will later become infamous for being the KGB prison.Error creating thumbnail: File missingReilly (Sam Neill) fires at pursuing Soviet agents sent to arrest him.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Bolshevik hitman prepares to shoot Reilly in London. Reilly (Sam Neill) had escaped the Bolshevik secret police and made it back to London. However the Bolsheviks don't forgive or forget that easily.
In the first episode Reilly's mistress has been murdered. He demands answers from the head of British naval intelligence in the man's office. The shotgun is empty but Reilly is making a point. At this point he believes that she might have been ordered murdered becasue of fears that Reilly would have talked to her while in her bed.
