Sleepers ambient background
CinebyCineby
Sleepers backdrop

Sleepers

Sleepers

★ 7.2/10•1991•55m•12•Drama•Comedy
Similars

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counter-plots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.

StatusEnded
Runtime55m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 10, 1991

Episodes

E155m

The Awakening

In 1990, the Russians discover a secret room in the Kremlin that is a meticulous recreation of London life in the 1960s. After savvy KGB agent Nina Grishina figures out that the room was used to train two agents who haven't been heard from since 1966, she sets off for England to lead the hunt.

Apr 10, 1991

E255m

The Net Tightens

Nina's arrival in London arouses the interest of the CIA, which only intensifies after the sports-obsessed London KGB chief is observed handing over a suspicious film reel. After their reunion, Jeremy and Albert return to their UK lives, but Albert panics when he sense his family is in danger.

Apr 17, 1991

E355m

On the Run

Together again, the sleepers take to the road in Jeremy's red Ferraris to elude the KBG stakeout. Albert's effort to reassure Sandra backfires, and she has to admit her jaded mother may be right. MI5 gets in deep, tripping over the CIA, while Nina outwits them all.

Apr 24, 1991

E455m

Welcome Home

The jig is up and the sleepers are going in. Nina begins to regret her success when she learns the truth. Meanwhile, Comrade Zorin is out of the mental hospital and back in command of the mission.

May 1, 1991

Actors

Nigel Havers

Nigel Havers

Jeremy Coward / Sergei Rublev

Warren Clarke

Warren Clarke

Albert Robinson / Vladimir Zelenski

David Calder

David Calder

Victor Chekhov

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Andrei Zorin

Joanna Kanska

Joanna Kanska

Major Nina Grishina

Christopher Rozycki

Christopher Rozycki

Oleg Petrovski

Richard Huw

Igor Kostov

Alan David

Alan David

K1

William Chubb

William Chubb

George Wetherby

Angus MacInnes

Angus MacInnes

Bill Sullivan

Ricco Ross

Ricco Ross

Karl Richfield

Annie Hulley

Annie Hulley

Sandra Robinson

Tara Moohan

Sharon Robinson

Candida Gubbins

Alison

Jane Nash

Serena

Recommendations

Secret Service
The Game
Covert Affairs
Signora Volpe
Danger Man
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mission: Impossible
Burn Notice
Mission: Impossible
The Bill
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Hill Street Blues
Smiley's People
MacGyver
The Invisible Man
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
New Tricks
Agatha Christie's Marple
Wild Cards

Similars

The Rebel
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Now and Again
La Femme Nikita
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Disguised Family
Wycliffe
Hope and Glory
By Any Means
Lipstick on Your Collar
She Spies
G.B.H.
Ultimate Force
Sugar Rush
The Assets
Dream Team
The Night Manager
Poldark
K.C. Undercover
Detectorists