My Top Ten Espionage Series:

26 December, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 4 categories

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To commemorate the Featured TV Blog for the month of December, The Spy, I have gathered My Top Ten Espionage Series! If you’re looking for the best series with spy craft and espionage thrills, you’ve come to the right place, have a look at my favorite shows that feature a series in the espionage genre.

10. Alias (2001-06)

Genre: Action, Espionage thriller, Drama, and Science fiction, Created by J. J. Abrams, Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper, Merrin Dungey, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman, Victor Garber, David Anders, Lena Olin, Greg Grunberg, Melissa George, Mía Maestro, Rachel Nichols, Balthazar Getty, Élodie Bouchez, Amy Acker, and Theme music composer: J. J. Abrams, with Composer: Michael Giacchino, Country of origin: United States, and Original language: English, No. of seasons: 5, and No. of episodes: 105, Executive producers: J. J. Abrams (entire run), John Eisendrath (2001-04), Ken Olin (2002-06), Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (both; 2003-04), Jesse Alexander, Jeffrey Bell, Jeff Pinkner (all; 2005-06), Producers: Sarah Caplan, Robert M. Williams Jr., Monica Breen, Alison Schapker, Chad Savage, and Jennifer Garner, Running time: 42–45 minutes, Production companies: Bad Robot Productions, and Touchstone Television, Original Network: ABC (2001-06)

9. Counterpart (2017-19)

Genre: Thriller, and Science fiction, Created by Justin Marks, Starring: J. K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Nazanin Boniadi, Sara Serraiocco, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicholas Pinnock, Betty Gabriel, James Cromwell, with Composer: Jeff Russo, Country of origin: United States, Original languages: English German, No. of seasons: 2, No. of episodes: 20, Executive producers: Amy Berg, Justin Marks, Bard Dorros, Keith Redmon, Morten Tyldum, Jordan Horowitz, and Gary Gilbert, Production locations: Los Angeles, and Berlin, with Cinematography by Luc Montpellier, Martin Ruhe, Philipp Blaubach, Tobias Datum, and Hagen Bogdanski, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 52–60 minutes, Production companies: Gilbert Films, Anonymous Content, Gate 34, MRC, Studio Babelsberg, and Starz Originals, Original Network: Starz (2017-19)

8. The Blacklist (2013-23)

Genre: Crime drama, Action, Thriller, Created by Jon Bokenkamp, Starring James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Parminder Nagra, Harry Lennix, Amir Arison, Mozhan Marnò, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn, Anya Banerjee, Composers: Dave Porter, James S. Levine (2013), Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons: 10, No. of episodes: 218, Executive producers: Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, Joe Carnahan, and James Spader, Producers: Lukas Reiter, Michael W. Watkins, J.R. Orci, Laura Benson, and Daniel Cerone, with Cinematography by Michael Caracciolo, Sadde Mustafa, Eric Moynier, Frank Prinzi, Arthur Albert, and Yasu Tanida, with Editors: Chris Brookshire, David Post, Orlando Machado Jr., and Emily Greene, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 40–45 minutes, Production companies: Davis Entertainment, Universal Television, and Sony Pictures Television, Original network: NBC (2013-2023)

7. Killing Eve (2018-22)

Genre: Spy thriller, Drama, and Black comedy, Based on "Villanelle" novel series by Luke Jennings, Starring: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Darren Boyd, Owen McDonnell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, David Haig, Kim Bodnia, Sean Delaney, Nina Sosanya, Edward Bluemel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Adrian Scarborough, Adeel Akhtar, Raj Bajaj, Turlough Convery, Steve Pemberton, Danny Sapani, Harriet Walter, Gemma Whelan, Camille Cottin, Anjana Vasan, Robert Gilbert, Laurentiu Possa, Ingvar Sigurdsson, and Marie-Sophie Ferdane, with Composers: David Holmes, and Keefus Ciancia, Country of origin: United Kingdom, Original language: English, No. of series: 4, No. of episodes: 32, Executive producers: Sally Gentle, Lee Morris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Gina Mingacci, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Damon Thomas, and Punit Kulkarni, with Producers: Colin Wratten, and Elinor Day, Camera setup: Single-camera, Running time: 40–43 minutes, and Production companies: Sid Gentle Films, BBC America Original Production, and Endeavor Content, Original Network: BBC America (2018-22)

6. The Looming Tower (2018)

Genre: Drama, Created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Lawrence Wright, Based on "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright, Starring: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp, Louis Cancelmi, Virginia Kull, Ella Rae Peck, Sullivan Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, with Composer: Will Bates, No. of episodes: 10, Executive producers: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk, and Adam Rapp, with Producers Ali Soufan, Peter Feldman, and Lauren Whitney, Production locations: New York City, Johannesburg, and Morocco, with Cinematography by Jim Denault, Frederick Elmes, and Ivan Strasburg, with Editors: Daniel A. Valverde, Meg Reticker, and Joe Hobeck, Running time: 46–51 minutes, Production companies: Wolf Moon Productions, South Slope Pictures, Jigsaw Productions, and Legendary Television, Original Network: Hulu (2018)

5. 24 (2001-10, 2014)

Genre: Serial drama, Crime thriller, Espionage Action, Created by Joel Surnow, and Robert Cochran, Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, (and others), Composer: Sean Callery, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 9, No. of episodes 192 + 24: Redemption + 12 (24: Live Another Day), Executive producers: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Brian Grazer, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Cassar, Manny Coto, David Fury, Brad Turner, Brannon Braga, Alex Gansa, Chip Johannessen, Tony Krantz, Production locations: Los Angeles (seasons 1–8), South Africa (Redemption), Washington, D.C. (season 7), London (Live Another Day), with Cinematography by Peter Levy, Rodney Charters, Jeffrey C. Mygatt, and Guy Skinner, Editors: David Latham, Scott Powell, Leon Ortiz-Gil, Chris G. Willingham, Casey O. Rohrs, Larry Davenport, Elisa Cohen, David Thompson, Running time: 43–51 minutes, Production companies: Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Original Network: FOX (2001-10)

4. The Night Manager (2016)

Genre: Drama, Espionage, and Spy thriller, Based on "The Night Manager" by John le Carré, Written by David Farr, Directed by Susanne Bier, Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, Alistair Petrie, David Harewood, Douglas Hodge, Antonio de la Torre, and Tobias Menzies, with Music by Victor Reyes, and Country of origin: United Kingdom, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 6, Executive producers: David Farr, Susanne Bier, John le Carré, Tom Hiddleston, and Hugh Laurie, Producer: Rob Bullock, with Cinematography by Michael Snyman, Running time: 58 minutes, Production companies: The Ink Factory, and Demarest Films, Original Network: BBC One (United Kingdom), AMC The CW (United States) (2016)

3. The Spy (2019)

Genre: Drama, and Espionage thriller, Created by Gideon Raff, Based on "L'espion qui venait d'Israël" by Uri Dan Yeshayahu Ben Porat, Directed by Gideon Raff, Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Emmerich, with Music by Guillaume Roussel, Original language: English, No. of episodes: 6, Executive producers: Gideon Raff, and Sacha Baron Cohen, Producer: Alain Goldman, Running time: 47–62 minutes, Production companies: Legende Films, Canal+, and Netflix, Original Network: OCS (France), and Netflix (international) (2019)

2. Jack Ryan (2018-23)

John Krasinski on a poster for the Amazon Original Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)

1. Homeland (2011-20)

Homeland, starring Claire Danes and Damien Lewis; based on Prisoners of War (Israel) by Gideon Raff; developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Ganza for 20th Television and CBD Television Distribution. (2011-2020)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten Espionage Series! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

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