Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen plays it straight in the story of a real-life Mossad agent.
The Spy
NEW Genre: Spy drama Available: Friday 6 September Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Runs: 60min TVSW says: High-stakes drama
After his recent turn as a gung-ho Israeli security expert in hit comedy spoof Who Is America?, Sacha Baron Cohen takes on a far more serious role this week as a Mossad agent in new Netflix drama series The Spy.
The Ali G and Borat star takes the lead as real-life agent Eli Cohen, who is considered a national hero in Israel after he went undercover in Syria in the 1960s when the two nations were on course for war.
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