Episode 1
Episode 1
45m8.0 / 10
MI5 agent Beatrice Ogilvie is warned of an impending terrorist attack. Beatrice suspects that the Danish Secret Service agent Katrine Poulsen is involved and set a trap for her.
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Red Election
20211 season6.4 / 10
Trust no-one.
Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson and British spy Beatrice Ogilvy are thrown together in a race against time. As a terrorist plot against the British PM unfolds, Poulson and Ogilvy are tangled up in a web of lies, murder and power struggles; they can't trust anyone, and they soon realise the deadly conspiracy could be part of a far-reaching geopolitical masterplan.
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Red Election premiered October 3, 2021. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson and British spy Beatrice Ogilvy are thrown together in a race against time. As a terrorist plot against the British PM unfolds, Poulson and Ogilvy are tangled up in a web of lies, murder and power struggles; they can't trust anyone, and they soon realise the deadly conspiracy could be part of a far-reaching geopolitical masterplan.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
45m8.0 / 10
Beatrice is assigned to lead a security group for the Prime Minister, when he will meet a young woman. Has Beatrice been asked to enable an infidelity deal?
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Episode 3
Episode 3
45m8.0 / 10
Beatrice and Katrine are working together to prevent an assassination of the Prime Minister. But can Beatrice trust Katrine?
Episode credits
Guest stars Tara Egan Langley
Episode 4
Episode 4
45m
It is revealed that Russian money is financing a Scottish terrorist group. Beatrice tracks down Oleg Adamov, the man who murdered her boss.
Episode credits
Directed by Paul Murphy
Episode 5
Episode 5
47m8.0 / 10
A bomb planted by an agent under Beatrice's leadership kills eleven civilians. Meanwhile, William Adam is asking to resign as the number of yes votes for Scotland's independence increases.
Episode credits
Directed by Paul MurphyGuest stars Monika Gossmann, Joseph Palmer
Episode 6
Episode 6
46m8.0 / 10
Beatrice's father is arrested on suspicion of being the Russian mole. Beatrice swears to prove his innocence.
Episode credits
Directed by Paul MurphyGuest stars Patrick John Wall
Episode 7
Episode 7
45m8.0 / 10
Beatrice competes against the clock to save the life of GRU resource Yelena Alekin. Torben Jensen, Katrine's missing boyfriend, is finally found.
Episode credits
Directed by Paul MurphyGuest stars Monika Gossmann, Clodagh Mooney Duggan
Episode 8
Episode 8
45m8.0 / 10
Beatrice now knows that Katrine is part of Redback. She confronts her, but Katrine has information that makes Beatrice astonish.
Episode credits
Directed by Paul Murphy
Episode 9
Episode 9
47m8.0 / 10
Shock when the Prime Minister finally loses the referendum. Beatrice tells William that she knows he was behind the Skanda bomb.
Episode credits
Directed by Declan RecksGuest stars Philip Judge
Episode 10
Episode 10
45m8.0 / 10finale
Operation Redback ends when a nuclear meltdown allows Russia to carry out a "friendly invasion" of Scotland.
Episode credits
Directed by Declan RecksGuest stars Philip Judge
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
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Cast
Vic Carmen SonneKatrine Poulson
Lydia LeonardBeatrice Ogilvy
James D'ArcyAdam Cornwell
Stephen DillaneWilliam Ogilvy
Kobna Holdbrook-SmithLevi Nichols
Lorraine BurroughsEtta Cornwell
Aidan McArdleZak
Clinton LibertyMarcusCredits
- Created by
- Ola Norén, Roland Ulvselius
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 10
- Original language
- Danish
Networks & production
ViaplayDenmark- Ovation
SuboticaIreland