Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Edward Holcroft
Directed by
Peter Kosminsky, Paul McGuigan
Written by
Peter Kosminsky, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Amelia Spencer
Produced by
Robert Jones
Executive producers
Noëlette Buckley, Colin Callender, Peter Kosminsky
Cinematography by
Gavin Finney, Tony Slater Ling
Edited by
David Blackmore
Music by
Debbie Wiseman
Casting by
Andy Brierley, Victor Jenkins
Production Design by
Gillian Devenney
Art Direction by
Tim Overson, Henry Jaworski
Set Decoration by
Clare Keyte
Costume Design by
Sheena Napier
Production Company
Playground Entertainment, Stonehenge Films, Universal International Studios
Original Network
Channel 4, Peacock
Cast & Character:
Hannah Khalique-Brown as Saara Parvin
Simon Pegg as Danny Patrick
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Kathy Freeman (NSA employee detailed to GCHQ)
Edward Holcroft as James Cox
Adrian Lester as Prime Minister Andrew Makinde
Alex Jennings as David Neal
Mark Rylance as John Yeabsley
Alfie Friedman as Gabriel Davies
Kerry Godliman as Angie McMurray
German Segal as Vadim Trusov
Joss Porter as Phil
Tinatin Dalakishvili as Marina Veselova
Storyline:
Set in 2024 in the run-up to a British general election, “The Undeclared War” tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ (the UK’s version of the NSA), secretly working to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system. When a routine stress test of Internet infrastructure goes awry, 21-year-old GCHQ intern Saara Parvin suddenly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.
Episodes:
Episode
Air Date
Plot
1
30 June 2022
Saara wins an internship at GCHQ, but when the UK’s power goes down, she finds herself on the frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.
2
7 July 2022
Saara discovers an encrypted text in the virus’s code and unravels a dubious invitation. She struggles to determine if it’s a clue or a trap.
3
14 July 2022
Saara’s classmate Vadim, now in St Petersburg, takes a covert job, testing his allegiances as he executes a risky stunt.
4
21 July 2022
Saara refuses to betray her source, but Kathy reveals critical information that challenges her resolve.
5
28 July 2022
Amid civil unrest, Saara faces heartbreak upon uncovering the identity of a mole within GCHQ.
6
4 August 2022
Saara and Vadim collaborate to decode hidden messages and attempt to prevent an impending war.
