9.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestFollowing the death of Rudy’s alibi witness, Maya’s case is in tatters and her cards seem all played out. Can she find the strength for the final fight and change the course of US Justice? And what does that mean in her fight to ‘go big’? Meanwhile, Nick attempts a final shot at redemption.
Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post and her life comes under intense public scrutiny, she learns that that her husband Nick has been lying to her for years. Twenty years ago Nick was a fearless and dedicated undercover officer, infiltrating organisations considered a danger to society because of their political beliefs. Nick built himself a fake past and now with his wife unsuspecting and his conscience killing him – his secret identity may compromise the new Director of Public Prosecutions.
Acting
Okonedo and Lester weaponize micro-expressions in every scene
Writing
Moffat structures domestic scenes like political thrillers
Creator
Peter Moffat
Sophie Okonedo
Maya Cobbina
Adrian Lester
Nick Johnson
Dennis Haysbert
Rudy Jones
Alistair Petrie
Robert Greenlaw
Tamara Lawrance
Clemency Johnson
Shannon Hayes
Ella Johnson
Daniel Ezra
Dan Johnson
David Schofield
Alex Brady
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Michael Antwi
Leanne Best
Abigail Strickland
Derek Riddell
Paul Brightman
Mark Bonnar
John Halliday
Angel Coulby
Julia Redhead
Danny Webb
John Corrigan
Phil Davis
Jimmy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directly inspired by real UK undercover scandals—officers fathering children with activists they were surveilling, then vanishing.
The title works triple-duty: Nick undercover, Maya undercover as assimilated establishment figure, and Black British respectability politics as its own mask.
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