This drama series is based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré and follows the life of Charlie, a young English actress who, in 1979, is recruited as a spy by Martin Kurtz, an Israeli intelligence agent, and given the mission to help in locating and killing Khalil, a Palestinian terrorist. In Series 1, Charlie finds herself used as a pawn in a big game of espionage, but ends up being a danger to all sides involved when she starts sympathizing with the people she's supposed to neutralize.