Spies of Terror

Spies of Terror, or Les espions de la terreur, is a French spy thriller, crime drama television miniseries, which was streamed from June 2024 via M6+. It is a dramatisation of the investigation of the November 2015 Paris attacks, by French Secret Service agents. It was created by Franck Philippon based on Matthieu Suc [fr]'s book, Les espions de la terreur (2018).^[1][2][3] Its four episodes are directed by Rodolphe Tissot [fr]. Philippe Jakko won the Festival de la Fiction's Best Music prize, in La Rochelle, September 2023.^[4] The main characters are Malika (Rachida Brakni), Lucie (Fleur Geffrier), Vincent (Vincent Elbaz), Alexandre (Pierre Perrier [fr]) and Gomez (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing).

Spies of Terror
Also known as	Les espions de la terreur
Genre	Spy thriller, crime drama
Created by	Franck Philippon
Based on	Les espions de la terreur (2018) by Matthieu Suc [fr]
Screenplay by	Franck Philippon Matthieu Suc Claire Lemaréchal
Directed by	Rodolphe Tissot [fr]
Starring	Rachida Brakni Fleur Geffrier Vincent Elbaz Pierre Perrier [fr] Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Music by	Philippe Jakko
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	48–61 min.
Original release
Network	M6+
Release	June 2024 (2024-06)

Premise

Following the November 2015 Paris attacks, French Secret Service agents from Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) and Direction Zonale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DZSI) cooperate to hunt the perpetrators.

Cast and characters

• Rachida Brakni as Malika Berthier: DGSE head of European office, leads investigation into terrorist network's leaders
• Fleur Geffrier as Lucie Kessler: DGSI Commandant, supervises judicial police response to attacks
• Vincent Elbaz as Vincent Morin: DZSI Major in Lille
• Pierre Perrier [fr] as Alexandre Lebrun: DGSI Commandant, Lucie's partner
• Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Gomez: DGSI Commissaire, Lucie's boss
• Rachid Guellaz as Saïd: Muslim, suspected drug-dealer, worried about radicalised younger brother
• Olivier Faliez as Demoustier: Colonel, Alexandre's boss
• Cédric Vieira as Benoît: Malika's husband
• David Geselson [fr] as Sébastien Le Tallec
• Julie Duclos as Manon: works for Lucie
• Azad Boutella as Le Repenti (English: The Repentant) Aziz Bellaoui: prisoner, Lucie's informant
• Bellamine Abdelmalek as Anis Bahri: radicalised Muslim, suspected terrorist
• Walid Ben Mabrouk as Reda Kriket: radicalised Muslim, Anis' associate

Production

In November 2019 Tetra Media Fiction acquired the rights to Matthieu Suc [fr]'s book, Les Espions de la Terreur (November 2018), to adapt it into a television series. Spies of Terror was created and written by Franck Philippon and directed by Rodolphe Tissot [fr].

Episode guide

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	Rodolphe Tissot [fr]	Franck Philippon, Matthieu Suc [fr], Claire Lemaréchal	June 2024 (2024-06)
2	"Episode 2"	Rodolphe Tissot	Franck Philippon, Matthieu Suc, Claire Lemaréchal	June 2024 (2024-06)
3	"Episode 3"	Rodolphe Tissot	Franck Philippon, Matthieu Suc, Claire Lemaréchal	June 2024 (2024-06)
4	"Episode 4"	Rodolphe Tissot	Franck Philippon, Matthieu Suc, Claire Lemaréchal	June 2024 (2024-06)