The second of three TV movies starring Dennis Waterman as former SAS man turned reluctant security agent, John Neil.
(The previous episode, "Sleeping Dogs" had a later release date than this one, but chronologically followed the pilot episode with Derek Jacobi - hence why I've placed them in this order.)
Can't recall any comment about these at the time, and they've been curiously neglected ever since. Yet Dark Secrets is a cracking thriller, competently plotted with an abundance of twists and surpries.
Neil is asked to monitor one of his former SAS colleagues, Jim Caine (Sean McGinley), whom the secret service suspect of involvement in a safety deposit box robbery.
(Plot spoilers from here)
After learning that Caine is using information from documents stolen in the robbery to commit blackmail, the service have deemed him a threat to national security, and Neil's task is to find out who he is blackmailing. Neil uses Caine's partner Kate (Kate Buffery) to gain a way in, and discovers that Caine's target is none other than Harry Summers (Corin Redgrave), an ambitious member of Parliament who has a history of run-ins with the security services.
Neil discovers that Summers' assistant Sarah Ellis (Holly Aird) has hired a South African hitman, Eugene Travis (Joe Montana) to target those who have become privy to the true identity of Summers' father, a wanted war criminal who eloped from Germany in 1949 and used false documents to obtain British citizenship. But before Neil can investigate further, he is ordered off the case by his superiors.
First broadcast 27th December 1995.
Corin Redgrave as Harry Summers
Kate Buffery as Kate Moore
Pippa Guard as Elizabeth Ferrer
Melanie Hill as Angie Norman
Holly Aird as Sarah Ellis
Sean McGinley as Jim Caine
Adjoa Andoh as Daniela
Joe Montana as Travis
Peter Birch as Stefan
Above info from www.imdb.com/t... where you can also find a full list of the cast and other contributors.