''Traitors'' is a British television drama miniseries created by Bathsheba Doran and broadcast by

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and

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in 2019. Set in 1945 London after the end of World War Two, ''Traitors'' follows a young woman recruited by the American

Office of Strategic Services The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all bran ...

to identify a Soviet spy in the Cabinet Office.

Cast and characters

* Emma Appleton as Feef Symonds, a young, naive and intelligent upper-class civil servant in the Cabinet Office, recruited as an agent by the United States

(OSS) * Luke Treadaway as Hugh Fenton, a Labour Party

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for a constituency in Derbyshire, and

Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as th ...

veteran * Michael Stuhlbarg as Thomas Rowe, a senior American

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of the OSS *

Keeley Hawes Claire Julia Hawes (born 10 February 1976), known professionally as Keeley Hawes, is an English actress. After beginning her career in a number of literary adaptations, including '' Our Mutual Friend'' (1998) and '' Tipping the Velvet'' (2002), H ...

as Priscilla Garrick, a senior civil servant of the Cabinet Office *

Brandon P. Bell Brandon P. Bell ( is an American actor, who is best known for his roles on the television series '' Hollywood Heights'' and ''Dear White People''. Early life Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he attended the University of Southern California with ...

as Jackson Cole, an American army driver and Rowe's assistant at the OSS *

Matt Lauria Matthew Lauria (born August 16, 1982) is an American actor and musician. He made his television debut on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Luke Cafferty on the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'', Ryan ...

as Peter McCormick, an American army soldier and a staff of the OSS * Greg McHugh as David Hennessey, a civil servant in the

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* Jamie Blackley as Freddie Symonds, Feef's brother, a

closeted ''Closeted'' and ''in the closet'' are metaphors for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and other ( LGBTQ+) people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and hum ...

gay man, and an unsuccessful Conservative Party parliamentary candidate *

Danny Sapani Danny Sapani (born 15 November 1970) is a British actor who works in British, American, and Indian films. He is best known for appearing in '' Misfits'', ''Doctor Who'', '' Penny Dreadful'', '' The Crown'', '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' and '' ...

as Richard, an American communist living in London *

Bijan Daneshmand Bijan Daneshmand (born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian born-English actor and artist based in London, England. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and was sent to England for his schooling at the age of 10. He was educated in England at Eastbourne Colleg ...

as Abu Selim, Minister from the Arab League addressing the Cabinet Office

Music

The series begins and each episode ends, with a recording of the

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notabl ...

song "There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land", recorded for the purpose by

Graham Coxon Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...

Episodes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Traitors (Tv Series) 2019 British television series debuts 2019 British television series endings 2010s British drama television series 2010s British television miniseries Channel 4 television dramas English-language television shows British military television series Television series set in the 1940s Television shows set in London Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios