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Iranian scientists, many of whom had befriended Hughes. Withholding the true facts of the incident, the British government insists that Hughes change his identity; his acquiescence costs him his wife and son, who refuse to accompany him into a witness protection program. What Hughes doesn't realize is that resentful Iranian terrorists are now biding their time, waiting to exact their revenge. Now known as Frank Parry, Hughes starts to build a new life for himself with Meryl Rogers and her child, but when he hears a radio report about his own son contracting meningitis, Hughes blows his cover and rushes to the hospital.
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said of the series; "Engrossing in a middlebrow sort of way, this straightforward thriller, originally broadcast on
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English farm equipment sales rep Gavin Hughes has come to regret his decision to sell his
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watching their chemical and biological weapons programme, but he decides to go straight, giving up the names of his high-level Middle-Eastern contacts in exchange for immunity from the government. The information he brought back led to the deaths of many
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the progress of the weapons programme. When his old business partners catch wind of the situation, they want revenge. Now Iran has dispatched its most deadly assassin to complete the task. Code-named 'The Anvil', he will find Perry, unless Perry's protector's can reach him first.
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espionage plot to lend the hero's plight much suspense, but the timely subject matter does add extra heft to a film that's caught somewhere between provocative political melodrama and standard action bash."
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