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Black Doves - Season 1 (2024)

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Show title: Black Doves

IMDb score: 7,2 (73.002)

Episodes: 6

Playing time: 5 hour and 26 minutes

Developed by: Joe Barton

Stars: Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire

Origin: United Kingdom

Releasedate: Thursday 5 December 2024

First aired on: Netflix (Nederland)

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Black Doves plot

Spy Helen begins a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. This puts her carefully constructed web of lies in danger. When her lover falls victim to London's dangerous and shadowy underworld, Helen's employer enlists the hitman Sam to protect her while she investigates the murder. Together they uncover a vast conspiracy that makes them question the costs of their moral choices.

Episodes Season 1 (2024)

  1. 1. To Love Then

    5 December 2024 (55 minutes)

  2. 2. A Little Black Dove

    5 December 2024 (53 minutes)

  3. 3. The Coming Night

    5 December 2024 (56 minutes)

  4. 4. Go Bang Time

    5 December 2024 (55 minutes)

  5. 5. The Cost of It All

    5 December 2024 (55 minutes)

  6. 6. In the Bleak Midwinter

    5 December 2024 (52 minutes)

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Suitehome

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The six-part Black Doves is a smooth, light and entertaining spy drama written by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project). We see Keira Nightley as Helen Webb in her first full-fledged series lead role, with the solid Ben Wishaw (This is Going to Hurt, Fargo) at her side as Sam. In an improbably quiet London - in a warm Christmas atmosphere - executive Sam is working on a job for a secret organization: The Black Doves. And that leads to action, chases, settlements and hassle at the Chinese takeaway.

The pace slows down considerably when the obligatory relationship problems of Helen and Sam are shown. For example, Sam has something to look for with his former friend Michael. Will it also be a real Christmas film with these lovebirds? Black Doves is unpretentious entertainment for fans of James Bond, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

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Donkerwoud

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With the subtlety of a claw hammer. In itself, 'Black Doves' knows how to get the most out of immensely charismatic actors like Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw. Their continuous role-playing in which civilian desires and life-threatening situations become intertwined. Constantly switching between those different personas, even to the point that Helen and Sam start to doubt who they really are. But their inner quest never becomes truly original or innovative. 'Black Doves' still opts for sentimental clichés and predictable conflicts of loyalty too often. Even the answer to Jason's murder has already been seen in so many different forms. It also doesn't help that the hyper-violent comic book violence feels out of place in a series that actually thrives on the characters. I enjoyed watching it, but little of it has stuck with me.

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