THE DEEP STATE FILES:
MEET ‘THE SECTION’ OPERATIVES...
HARRY CLARKE (JOE WORLD TO SAVE THE WANTS DEMPSIE)
beMax's son to former , wife Olivia, Harry has • dealt with his father's abandonment of him and his mother by denying his very existence. Despite detesting everything Max once stood for, he has followed in his footsteps by also joining MI6. Harry has proved to be a natural and very gifted agent, albeit with a very different modus operandi than his father once practised. But he has a weakness that Max never had to overcome - a strict moral compass that could prove to be his downfall.
GEORGE WHITE (ALISTAIR PETRIE) HAS BEEN JADED BY LIFE
George White is the chief of the British part of The Section, a covert MI6/CIA team. He recruited Max and later played a part in the recruitment of his son Harry, too. As his career has developed he’s become more of a political animal. Seeing first-hand the consequences of the many morally difficult decisions he’s made have jaded his view of the world. He lives with his wife and children.
MAX EASTON (MARK STRONG) FORMER AGENT SECRET WITH FAMILY TIES
When Max retired 10 years ago he moved to new family. the Pyrenees But after with his estranged the death son Harry, of his into espionage he is lured to seek back no longer the vengeance. new gung-ho guy, But, maturity to there’s a raises his questions approach, and it – and his about his past future.
AMANDA JONES (ANASTASIA GRIFFITH) IS A POWERFUL FORCE
Chief of the CIA side of The Section, Jones has seen it all and with the done it all during her time chief in agency. Once CIA station force in Jordan, she is now a powerful able to the intelligence community, with equal handle suits and operatives Jones skill. The ultimate multi-tasker, 11-year-old Evie, is also a good mum to the demands of working hard to juggle of a child on her day job with the needs the cusp of adolescence.
LEYLA TOUMI (KARIMA MCADAMS) THE ULTIMATE CAREER SPY
With an Arab background and a Western education, British-Iranian Leyla was originally recruited by MI6 as a linguist. But her understanding of the issues affecting both sides has led to her becoming a formidable secret agent. Leyla’s personal battles are around her desire to love and be loved, while operating in conditions which make forming real relationships extremely dangerous – if not impossible.
ANNA EASTON (LYNE RENÉE) THE WIFE
Max’s second wife Anna, a French A&E doctor, is intelligent, kind and honest. At her life appears the start of the series largely to to be picture perfect, thanks their life in the her happy marriage and beautiful Pyrenees with her two daughters. But Anna has secrets from her own past that she wants to keep buried. The question is, how much between them can remain hidden – and how much will be unearthed.