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Game, Set, and Match(TV show/series, 1988)

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 13 episodes

Game, Set, and MatchRating: 4.0/5 (with 2 votes)
Game, Set and Match is a 1988 television serial directed by Ken Grieve and Patrick Lau and written by John Howlett. It is based on the books Berlin Game (1983), Mexico Set (1984), and London Match (1985) by Len Deighton. The two directors worked separately on different episodes. Filmed on location in Berlin and Mexico, the project included a large international cast with 3,000 extras and a budget of $8 million. While critically acclaimed, the ratings for the series were a disaster. Ian Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for his portrayal of Bernard Samson. It was aired in 1989 in the United States as part of the PBS show Mystery! ()
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About Game, Set, and Match

Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

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Game, Set, and Match Seasons and Episodes

10/03/1988Season 1 - 13 episodes
#1 | 10/03/1988Episode 1 Berlin Game: Part 1
Bernard Samson has spent most of his life in Berlin. Following in his late father's footsteps, he worked for British Intelligence during the Cold War period. After losing a member of his East German spy group while trying to cross back into West Berlin, he loses his nerve and has spent the last few years behind a desk in London. The other members of his Intelligence group are Oxford- and Cambridge-bred bureaucrats with no field experience. Bernard is an anachronism, a dinosaur -but they need him. There is a mole working in London Central leaking secrets to the Russians. Bernard is called out of semi-retirement to go back to Berlin and make contact with his old spy group and try to find out who the mole is. But who can be trusted? He calls upon his oldest friend Werner Volkmann for help.
#2 | 10/03/1988Episode 2 Berlin Game: Part 2
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) has returned to Berlin with a mission to sniff out a suspected traitor who threatens the security of his Brahms network.
#3 | 10/10/1988Episode 3 Berlin Game: Part 3
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) finds double-dealing on both sides of the Berlin Wall, but uncovers the identity of the suspected mole in the Foreign Office.
#4 | 10/17/1988Episode 4 Berlin Game: Part 4
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) confronts the suspected mole in the Foreign Office. Meanwhile, in Berlin, Volkmann and his wife are playing a curious game of intrigue and deception.
#5 | 10/24/1988Episode 5 Berlin Game: Part 5
The suspected mole has been killed, and a traitor in London Central itself is implicated. Samson goes to East Berlin to investigate, but the KGB are prepared for his arrival.
#6 | 10/31/1988Episode 6 Mexico Set: Part 1
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) is a marked man following the exposure of his wife, Fiona, as a traitor. Meanwhile, a KGB agent in Mexico wants to defect to the west.
#7 | 11/07/1988Episode 7 Mexico Set: Part 2
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) tries to prove his own loyalty by master-minding an operation to secure the defection of a KGB officer from Mexico.
#8 | 11/14/1988Episode 8 Mexico Set: Part 3
Samson's father-in-law threatens legal action to secure custody of the children. Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) receives a surprise visitor. Mackenzie is found dead in an MI6 safe house.
#9 | 11/21/1988Episode 9 Mexico Set: Part 4
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) is caught in a deadly spiral of distrust and violence, and his actions lead to a death in custody.
#10 | 11/28/1988Episode 10 Mexico Set: Part 5
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) goes to Mexico to try to turn Stinnes.
#11 | 12/05/1988Episode 11 London Match: Part 1
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) attends a lavish Christmas party in Berlin, in the hunt for a traitor. Stinnes offers information about a KGB spy cell operating in Oxford.
#12 | 12/12/1988Episode 12 London Match: Part 2
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) and Gloria are babysitting Soviet defector Stinnes in London, but developments at London Central lead to a deadly turn of events.
#13 | 12/19/1988Episode 13 London Match: Part 3
Bernard Samson (Ian Holm) has to oversee one last operation to trap the KGB, and to test the sincerity of Stinnes's defection.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Based on: "Berlin Game" (find it on Amazon), "Mexico Set" (find it on Amazon), "London Match" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/03/1988
Last episode released on: 12/19/1988

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