Not much gets your heart pumping faster than a spy thriller. From high-stakes missions to cat-and-mouse chases in exotic locations, these glossy dramas have all the ingredients for a gripping watch. Here are some of the best.

The Agency

This “deeply engrossing” adaptation of Eric Rochant’s acclaimed French series “The Bureau” examines the “profound personal and psychological turmoil” that comes with covert work, said Aramide Tinubu on Variety . The show follows a CIA special agent codenamed Martian (a “riveting” Michael Fassbender) as he struggles to adjust to his life back in London after six years under cover in Ethiopia. At first he appears “stoic and unmoved”, but when he finally settles into his new flat “things aren’t quite as they appear”. We soon learn he was forced to “s

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