![]() Only Saara is able to spot the hidden dangers of the attack and is whisked into a meeting where Prime Minister Makinde (Adrian Lester) postures as if he wants to declare World War III. When the cyberattack begins, the boffins all stare at their screens, pat themselves on the back for spotting an anomaly or two, then move on to their next tasks. Even the always reliable Mark Rylance, as John Yeabsley, fails to invigorate the drama, though that’s perhaps inevitable, as John is a relic from the “old days” when GCHQ messages were sent via capsules in tubes rather than by email. There’s a lot of talking, a lot of looking at computer code, and a lot of talking about computer code. That might sound like an ideal setup for a spy drama about global cyber security, but The Undeclared War’s attempts to ground its political intrigue with the minutiae and everyday details of international communication analysts is ultimately very, very dull.ĭanny (Simon Pegg), head of operations at GCHQ, runs his team as if they’re a customer-service call center for them, a trip to the canteen for some beige-colored food might be the highlight of their day. ![]() On her first day of work at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), she finds herself defending the United Kingdom against a Russian cyberattack while balancing pressures from her overbearing Muslim family and managing her ideological but naïve boyfriend, James (Edward Holcroft). Saara (Hannah Khalique-Brown) is having a bad week.
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