“For 10 years, she’s been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to the shadowy organisation she works for: the Black Doves. When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Ben Whishaw) to keep her safe. Together, Helen and Sam set off on a mission to investigate who killed Jason and why, leading them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy linking the murky London underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis.”
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Black Doves cast
Joining Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire will be Luther Ford (The Crown), Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country), Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show), Adeel Akhtar (Fool Me Once) Omari Douglas (Rye Lane, It’s A Sin), Andrew Buchan (Carnival Row), Andrew Koji (Warrior), Kathryn Hunter (Andor), Sam Troughton (Mank), Ella Lily Hyland (Fifteen-Love), Adam Silver (The Diplomat), Ken Nwosu (Look the Other Way and Run) Paapa Essiedu (Gangs of London) and Gabrielle Creevy (In My Skin).
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Black Doves release date
The series will premiere on 5th December 2024 on Netflix.
Black Doves trailer
The trailer is seriously tense, featuring music from award-winning singer Raye, who covers Nancy Sinatra’s Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down). Watch below for a taster of what’s to come – Keira looks to be one powerful agent, while Whishaw seems predictably dry in humour and sweet in nature. Let’s see what else the festive spy treat has to bring us.
