SS-GB

- Season 1

(2017)

The Germans have won World War II and the Nazis occupy Britain, dealing harshly with the Resistance. Widowed detective Douglas Archer tries to be impartial and is accused of being a collaborator by his mistress and secretary Sylvia, a member of the Resistance. Douglas is called to investigate the murder of antique shop owner Peter Thomas, who has gunshot wounds but seemingly died of liver failure. Furthermore his shop was a Resistance safe house and he had recently visited a top secret airfield. The killer would seem to be Peter's brother Spode but Douglas is ...

Douglas learns that Spode is part of the Resistance movement and foils an attempt to make him join by threatening to kidnap his son Douggie but is horrified by the SS's brutal behaviour at Douggie's school. He also finds out that Sylvia colluded with Spode but helps her to escape from the suspicious Kellerman, who shows him a film suggesting that Barbara has enlisted American help to defeat the Germans. Accepting an invitation to a party thrown by art expert Sydney Garin, Douglas again encounters Barbara, but is also wooed over a secret card game by a group of ...

After the murder of policeman Jimmy Dunn by the Resistance, Harry accuses Douglas of provoking the movement by working for Kellermann and Douglas, having failed to save Sylvia from being arrested, later kills an attacker. He tracks down Spode in an internment camp and whilst Spode admits to killing his brother he is killed himself by German officer Hesse before he can reveal details of the bomb factory. Douglas shadows Hesse to a brothel where he learns that, in collusion with Sir Robert's group, the German army intends to discredit the SS by arranging for the release...

The bomb blast causes many casualties and, as martial law is imposed. Douglas forges papers to take his son to the safety of the unoccupied zone with his neighbour Joyce Sheenan. Returning to work he discovers that Harry has been arrested as a Resistance member but is able to secure his release. Barbara reintroduces him to Sir Robert Benson's group where he learns they are planning to join with the German army in blowing up the bomb factory and freeing the king but need his cooperation. Having sheltered Sylvia after she has escaped from the detention camp he is called...

In the early hours of the morning Archer and Harry make their attempt to rescue a frail King George VI from the hospital. But when complications arise, Archer is left with no option but to enlist the help of Sylvia.