Darkly comedic Cold War thriller Honey in production for BBC One
- Honey, a "tender and flirty, slick and dangerous darkly comedic Cold War thriller", is coming to BBC One
- The six-part series focuses on a 24 year-old MI6 agent who is drawn into a deadly and dysfunctional love triangle
- Writer Emma Moran says: "I'm excited to dig into the sexy madness of our version of Cold War East Berlin"
BBC One has commissioned a "tender and flirty, slick and dangerous darkly comedic Cold War thriller" series.
Honey, written by Extraordinary creator Emma Moran, "goes deep undercover in 1980s East Berlin to explore a shadowy world of counter espionage and risky but irresistible relations".
The six-part series is being produced by Sid Gentle Films, the production company that previously worked with Moran on Extraordinary and has also made Killing Eve.
The plot for the series is described as follows: "East Berlin, 1982. Marta, 24, is a deep cover agent for MI6. Surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown, she tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich Bauman, the new Head of Counter Espionage for the Stasi.
"Finding herself caught between Friedrich and the reckless, arrogant (and incredibly attractive...) CIA operative Aaron Neeland, she is blind-sided by desire in this Cold War menage-a-trois.
"The risk of being garrotted or incarcerated is nothing compared to the horrifying ordeal of falling in love. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable and bearing your heart and soul? She'd rather have her fingernails ripped off."
Casting details have yet to be revealed.
Emma Moran says: "I'm excited to dig into the sexy madness of our version of Cold War East Berlin. Romantic comedy plus espionage is a dream combination for me."
Executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle comments: "Set against the stark brutalism of East Germany, the characters and storylines in Honey are smart, violent and highly sexually charged. Emma's scripts are characteristically take-no-prisoners witty, sophisticated and pacy while quietly and desperately romantic."
Commissioner Lindsay Salt notes: "Honey is a smart, playful and irresistible tale of an MI6 agent drawn into a deadly and dysfunctional love triangle. Set against the backdrop of Berlin in the early 80s, this brilliant new series from Emma and the team at Sid Gentle Films Ltd subverts genre conventions in the best possible way and we're very proud to have it on the BBC."