The Veil
Seen it?2024 | 1 seasons | Drama, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (54% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a lukewarm 6.5 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Slow Horses or Homeland, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
54% on Rotten Tomatoes, 52 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Limited series that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 119K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Steven Knight
- Elisabeth MossImogen Salter
- Yumna MarwanAdilah El Idrissi
- Dali BenssalahMalik Amar
- Thibault de MontalembertMagritte
- Josh CharlesMax Peterson
- James PurefoyMichael Althorp
- Joshua ReidMan in Street