The series is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Len Deighton. It is 1941 and Nazi Germany, having won the Battle of Britain, is a harsh occupying force in the United Kingdom.
Renowned London murder detective Douglas Archer is caught between his brutal new SS bosses and the ruthless British resistance as he investigates what looks like a black market-related murder. Determined to uphold the law and protect the ones he loves Archer soon finds himself drawn into a treacherous plot with global implications
Sam Riley as Douglas Archer
Kate Bosworth as Barbara Barga
Lars Eidinger as Dr Oskar Huth
Rainer Bock as Fritz Kellermann
James Cosmo as Harry Woods
Maeve Dermody as Sylvia Manning
Jason Flemyng as George Mayhew
Aneurin Barnard as PC Jimmy Dunn
James Northcote (actor) as John Spode
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The book was great. Deighton always wrote some really good novels and SS-GB is one of the best. But i am not sure if a TV series is the best way to tell this particular story.
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It could be entertaining.. I haven't read the book though..
