Sleepeяs

In 1991, but before the Soviet Union had finally collapsed, BBC aired its comedy/drama Sleepers, a spoof perfectly appropriate for the Russian spy swap, BBC being uncannily ahead of its time. Two KGB agents, placed under deep cover in the UK in the mid-1960s, were forgotten. One becomes a trade union official with wife and kids, the other, a bachelor, a successful merchant banker in the city. Both have become thoroughly English. But in, presumably, 1991, Moscow realizes it has "lost" its agents and tries to get them back. A four-part series, some bits riotously funny, others melodramatic (yeah, I had to wipe my eyes a couple times), all exceedingly well performed and outstandingly produced. Oh — and it has a happy ending...