The Little Drummer Girl: Miniseries

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Critics Consensus

The Little Drummer Girl marches to a steady beat of assured plotting, extraordinary art direction, and a uniformly terrific cast that makes the show's smolderingly slow burn pace bearable.

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Gabriel Tate

Times (UK)

For a thriller it was perhaps too light on thrills, but anyone berating the BBC for a lack of artistry or ambition should take a look at this and think again.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 3, 2018

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Alison Herman

The Ringer

It's Pugh's rendition of Charlie, in all her earnest confusion and unbridled anger, that makes The Little Drummer Girl what it is.

Nov 20, 2018

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Vikram Murthi

AV Club

Writer Michael Lesslie succeeds at shrouding most of the plot in a veil of mystery, purposefully leaving out clarifying details and refusing to spoon-feed character names and historical context for the audience.

Rated: B

Nov 20, 2018

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

The one & only John le Carré's adaptation with a female protagonist is brought to life beautifully by the charismatic Florence Pugh. This atmospheric concoction directed by Park Chan-Wook is perhaps the best spy thriller series I've seen so far.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 13, 2021

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Luis Caviaro

Espinof

Park's hand with suspense and impeccable interpretive work make for an impressive series. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Mar 4, 2019

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

El Pais (Spain)

A notable adaptation. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jan 16, 2019

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Andy B

Addicting. Great acting. Love it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/23

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Gareth v

Foreign settings & the moral ambiguity of espionage, the backbone of a le Carre novel are all decently covered in this adaption. It is Pugh's show , as she proves to be one finest talents of her generation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/24/23

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mike l

Pretty good. A little weird that it was really only the last episode that had a lot of Park's signatures. Florence Pugh and Michael Shannon are excellent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

It was superbly acted and beautifully filmed!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Audience Member

One of the best shows I've seen in the past years. Perfect blend of suspense, romance and drama. Pugh, Skarsgard and Shannon are fantastic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Audience Member

Slowly done, but good burn. It's a little refreshing to see both sides are given some point. At the end, all intelligence and ideology drowned by the sound of guns, blasts and rockets..... At the end, nothing matters but who's got the biggest gun.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Florence Pugh

Charlie Ross

Alexander Skarsgård

Gadi Becker

Michael Shannon

Martin Kurtz

Michael Moshonov

Shimon Litvak

Amir Khoury

Michel

Alexander Beyer

Dr Paul Alexis

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Episode 1

Aired Oct 28, 2018

Episode 1 (Uncut)

Charlie, a fiery and brilliant young actress, meets a mysterious stranger on the beach in Greece and he draws her into a high-stakes international espionage operation.

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Episode 2

Aired Nov 4, 2018

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Charlie is recruited with the promise of the role of a lifetime to infiltrate a dangerous revolutionary cell; as a cover story, she and Becker must pose as lovers.

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Episode 3

Aired Nov 11, 2018

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Charlie drives a car laden with explosives to a drop-off in Austria; Kurtz and Becker race to save Charlie from a fatal misstep.

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Episode 4

Aired Nov 18, 2018

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Charlie awaits contact from Michel's network but worries whether her performance will hold up under scrutiny; she and Becker share a last moment together before she crosses the point of no return.

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Episode 5

Aired Nov 25, 2018

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Charlie joins a group of revolutionaries in Lebanon, with no one to save her if she is exposed as a spy; she works to earn the trust of Khalil and Michel's sister, Fatmeh.

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Episode 6

Aired Dec 2, 2018

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Charlie trains to prepare for her part in Khalil's next strike, but it becomes unclear whose side she is on.

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