The trouble with Harry

The final series opens with Harry Pearce being invited back to MI5. After being faced with charges of exchanging national secrets for his personal relationship with Ruth, he stringently denies any wrongdoing. Going back to his job on probation, he returns to discover that Erin Watts has been covering his job while he’s been away. It soon transpires that Harry is being tracked by someone. Delving deeper, he discovers that it’s Sasha Gavrik – a Russian spy who’s recently killed former MI5 agent Max Witt. What’s more, Sasha’s father – a leading Russian minister – has been smuggled into the country with his wife without informing intelligence. Erin tracks Mr and Mrs Gavrik, discovering that the Home Secretary is in on what’s happening. Later, Harry confronts the Secretary on his doorstep, and finds out that Britain is being lined up to form a special relationship with Russia. Harry’s told to attend a special Anglo-Russian evening the following night. Arriving with Ruth, Harry goes inside. Everything’s seemingly fine, but they find out that there’s an assassin lurking to take down Russian minister Gavrik. Finally, Harry reveals that Sasha Gavrik is, in fact, his son.

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.