MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY - PAGE EIGHT - TV GUIDE: Critic's Guide to Weekend TV: Hell on Wheels, Fringe, Homeland, and More!
Nov 4, 2011
by Matt Roush
... SUNDAY
Boasting the weekend's most impressive cast, the Masterpiece Contemporary drama Page Eight (PBS, check local schedules) stars the witty Bill Nighy as a melancholy long-time analyst in British Intelligence who weighs his career, his allegiances and his bond with an enigmatic neighbor (Rachel Weisz), when he's presented with a damning document implicating the prime minister (Ralph Fiennes) in keeping secrets with the U.S. regarding torture. This has the feel of top-shelf John le Carre-style literature, written with droll cynicism by David Hare and exquisitely acted, with luminaries including Judy Davis and Michael Gambon in the supporting cast. A quietly absorbing elegy for old-school spooks, Page Eight bristles with jazzy intelligence...
Watch Page Eight Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.
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