The Night Manager (British TV series)

The Night Manager
Series 2 title card
Genre
Based onThe Night Manager
by John le Carré
Written byDavid Farr
Directed by
Starring
Music byVictor Reyes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Rob Bullock
  • Matthew Patnick
CinematographyMichael Snyman
Running time55–60 minutes
Production companies
  • The Ink Factory
  • Demarest Films
  • Hangtime International Pictures
  • Nostromo Pictures
  • Character 7
  • 127 Wall
  • Amazon MGM Studios[a]
Original release
NetworkBBC One (United Kingdom)
Release21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) –
present
NetworkAMC (United States; series 1)
Release19 April (2016-04-19) –
24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)
NetworkPrime Video (Worldwide[b]; series 2)
Release11 January 2026 (2026-01-11) –
present

The Night Manager is a British spy thriller television serial based on the 1993 novel by John le Carré and adapted by David Farr. The six-part first series, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Elizabeth Debicki, began broadcasting on BBC One on 21 February 2016.

The Night Manager was nominated for thirty-six awards and won eleven, including two Primetime Emmy Awards (for director Bier and music composer Victor Reyes) and three Golden Globe Awards (for Hiddleston, Colman, and Laurie). In April 2024, The Night Manager was renewed for a second and third series by BBC One and Amazon Prime Video, with Hiddleston and Colman reprising their roles, and Georgi Banks-Davies directing. The second series premiered in the UK on 1 January 2026.

In 2023, an Indian adaptation was released.

Premise

Jonathan Pine, night manager of a luxury hotel in Cairo and former British soldier, is recruited by Angela Burr, the manager of a Foreign Office task force investigating illegal arms sales, to infiltrate the inner circle of arms dealer Richard Roper.

Cast and characters

Overall

Main

  • Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine, a former military officer and hotel night manager seeking to bring down Richard Roper
  • Hugh Laurie as Richard "Dickie" Onslow Roper, a charismatic but ruthless arms dealer
  • Olivia Colman as Angela Burr, the Head of the Foreign Office's International Enforcement Agency, seeking to bring down Roper
  • Alistair Petrie as Alexander "Sandy" Langbourne, Lord Langbourne, Roper's financial director
  • Douglas Hodge as Rex Mayhew, Burr's supportive superior at the Foreign Office
  • Michael Nardone as Frisky, one of Richard Roper's henchmen
  • Noah Jupe as Danny Roper (series 2; supporting series 1), Roper's young son

Series 1

Main

Supporting

  • Aure Atika as Sophie (Samira) Alekan, Hamid's girlfriend and Pine's secret lover in Egypt
  • Amir El-Masry as Youssuf, a chef at the Nefertiti hotel and close friend of Pine
  • Russell Tovey as Simon Ogilvey, an old friend of Pine's and a Foreign Office diplomat in Cairo
  • David Avery as Freddie Hamid, an Egyptian playboy and ally of Roper
  • Hannah Steele as Marilyn, a single mother Pine meets in Devon
  • Neil Morrissey as Harry Palfrey, an MI6 officer working for Dromgoole, but sympathetic to Burr's mission
  • Jonathan Aris as Raymond Galt, Dromgoole's deputy at MI6
  • Nasser Memarzia as Omar Barghati, the head of a consortium seeking to buy weapons from Roper
  • Katherine Kelly as Pamela, the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office and Mayhew's superior
  • Bijan Daneshmand as Kouyami, a senior member of Barghati's consortium

Series 2

Main

Supporting

  • Alex Mugnaioni, Raphel Famotibe and Anil Desai as Graham, Mike and Waleed, three members of Pine's surveillance unit, the Night Owls
  • Gijs Naber as Jaco Brouwer, a mercenary who previously worked for Roper
  • Annabel Mullion as Celia Mayhew, Rex's wife
  • Kerr Logan as Adam Holywell, an international business broker working with the criminal underworld
  • Mario Bolaños as General Horacio Sánchez, a Colombian general on Dos Santos's payroll
  • Luis Fernando Hoyos as José Cabrera, an exiled Colombian politician planning to overthrow the government
  • Fabio Espinosa, Erik Rodríguez and Samuel Gómez López as Chico, Beni and Tavo, three of Dos Santos's henchmen

Production

Series 1

In January 2015, it was announced that the series, an adaptation of John le Carré's novel of the same name, would be co-produced by the BBC, AMC and The Ink Factory, starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman in lead roles, written by David Farr and directed by Susanne Bier.[8] Onsite services were provided by Palma Pictures.

Filming began on 19 March 2015 in Zermatt, Switzerland.[9][10] Production then moved to London. From 13 to 17 April 2015, location filming took place at Blackpool Mill Cottage, Hartland Abbey, and in and around Hartland, Devon.[11] On 20 April 2015, production moved to Marrakesh, Morocco. The Es Saadi Resort was used as the location for the fictional Nefertiti Hotel in Cairo.[12] At the end of May, production moved to Majorca, Spain; principal photography wrapped in Majorca on 3 July 2015.[13][14] Notable places include Port de Sóller, luxury property La Fortaleza in Port de Pollença and several locations in Palma.[15]

Le Carré makes a cameo appearance as an insulted restaurant diner in episode four.[16]

Series 2

In February 2023 it was reported that the second series was in development with Hiddleston set to return.[17] In April 2024 it was announced that BBC and Amazon Prime Video had ordered a second and third series, with Hiddleston and Colman returning in lead roles and Laurie as an executive producer.[18] Alistair Petrie, Noah Jupe, Douglas Hodge and Michael Nardone also reprise their roles from the first series, while Camila Morrone, Diego Calva, Indira Varma, Paul Chahidi and Hayley Squires joined the cast in lead roles. Georgi Banks-Davies serves as director for the second series.[5]

Filming for the second series began on 14 June 2024 and concluded on 6 December 2024, as confirmed by director Georgi Banks-Davies on her Instagram account. Production reportedly spanned 93 shoot days and took place in several international locations including London for three weeks and Colombia for five. "More than 75% of the story is about Colombia", confirmed Barry Ryan, head of production at Ink Factory.[19] Colombian drug barons featured in the original book but were replaced by Middle Eastern warlords in the first series that adapted it.[20] Filming also took place in Spain, France and the Three Cliffs Bay area in Swansea, Wales.[21][22]

A teaser trailer for Series 2 was broadcast on BBC One ahead of the Celebrity Traitors final in November 2025.[23]

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1621 February 2016 (2016-02-21)27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)
261 January 2026 (2026-01-01)1 February 2026 (2026-02-01)

Series 1 (2016)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [24][c]
11"Episode 1"Susanne BierDavid Farr21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)10.18
Jonathan Pine, a British Army veteran working as night manager of the Nefertiti Hotel in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, becomes involved with Sophie Alekan, mistress of Egyptian playboy Freddie Hamid. Sophie gives Pine documents detailing Hamid's illegal weapons and chemical deals, which Pine passes to Angela Burr of the International Enforcement Agency in London. The information is leaked to arms dealer Richard Roper, who cancels the deal; Sophie is beaten, and when Pine tries to secure UK asylum for her through his contact Simon Ogilvey, he learns Hamid's government connections make it impossible. Burr attempts to help, but Sophie is murdered. Four years later, Pine, now night manager of the Meisters Hotel in Zermatt, is assigned to assist late-arriving guests, who turn out to be Roper and his entourage. Pine contacts Burr with intelligence stolen from Roper but initially refuses further involvement. Burr travels to Zermatt and persuades Pine to infiltrate Roper's organisation to help destroy it and avenge Sophie's death.
22"Episode 2"Susanne BierDavid Farr28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)10.19
Burr's Operation Limpet places Pine inside Roper's organisation by giving him a non-official cover identity and sending him to Devon to fabricate a violent criminal background, during which he begins a romantic relationship with Marilyn, a single mother. Burr then dispatches Pine to Majorca, where Roper is negotiating an arms deal. There, agents stage an abduction of Roper's son Daniel at a seaside restaurant; Pine, posing as a chef, "rescues" Daniel by confronting the undercover kidnappers and provoking them into beating him to make the scenario convincing. Severely injured, he is brought to Roper, who remembers him from Switzerland and is wary of his new identity but grateful enough to take him into his villa to recuperate. Roper's deputy, Major Lance "Corky" Corcoran, interrogates Pine about his supposed criminal past and inconsistencies in his aliases. Meanwhile in London, Burr works to keep Operation Limpet hidden from the 'River House' (MI6), whom she suspects would interfere if they discovered the covert plan.
33"Episode 3"Susanne BierDavid Farr6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)9.74
Pine convinces Roper of his supposed criminal past. As a result, Roper insists he remain at the villa while they create a new identity for him, partly in gratitude for saving Daniel. Pine begins undermining Corky's standing within the organisation and grows closer to Roper's girlfriend, Jemima "Jed" Marshall. In Madrid, Roper's lawyer, Juan "Apo" Apostol, hosts a birthday party for his daughter, Elena, attended by Roper and his entourage; Elena later hangs herself from shame over her father's illicit dealings. Burr finds the devastated Apo and attempts to win his trust. At the villa, Pine discovers Roper's secret study and steals the key; during a daily alarm test, he breaks in to photograph documents detailing Tradepass, Roper's shell company used to disguise arms sales as agricultural equipment. The next day, Roper gives Pine a passport under the alias Andrew Birch and, convinced by Pine's story and frustrated with Corky's worsening alcoholism, appoints him frontman of Tradepass. Meanwhile in London, officials at the River House led by Geoffrey Dromgoole attempt to take control of Operation Limpet from Burr's superior, Rex Mayhew. When Mayhew resists, Dromgoole's deputy Raymond Galt alerts Roper and his financial manager Sandy Langbourne to Limpet's existence.
44"Episode 4"Susanne BierDavid Farr13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)9.61
Roper expands Pine's new identity as Andrew Birch and plans to introduce him to prospective Tradepass buyers. At the IEA, Burr gives Mayhew and ATF agent Joel Steadman the Tradepass documents Pine photographed, revealing Roper's massive weapons-sale profits and commissions paid to two codenames, "Halo" and "Felix". Burr learns from Harry Palfrey of Dromgoole's team that Halo is Dromgoole and Felix is Barbara Vandon, the CIA station chief in London; both help falsify documents to support Roper's deals. Mayhew shows the documents to Pamela, the Foreign Office's Permanent Secretary, to prevent the IEA from being shut down, but Pamela leaks them to Dromgoole, who informs Roper. Roper, believing Apo is the source, has him killed. While Roper is away, Pine and Jed act on their attraction and sleep together; Corky discovers this and begins threatening them. Burr learns of Pine's involvement with Jed and orders him out, but Pine refuses, noting Roper is preparing a major weapons sale in Istanbul. When Burr persists, Pine warns Roper they are being watched, allowing Roper's team to escape the IEA's surveillance.
55"Episode 5"Susanne BierDavid Farr20 March 2016 (2016-03-20)9.67
After escaping, Roper tells Pine he had Apo murdered and reveals he now suspects Pine, Jed, Langbourne, or Corky of being another mole. Roper's entourage travels to Turkey to a compound called The Haven, run by mercenaries who manage his distribution network and its aid-organisation cover. Pine is assigned to arrange a weapons demonstration for buyers led by Omar Barghati. In London, Pamela reassigns Mayhew to a Royal Household post, and Dromgoole tries to intimidate Burr into abandoning Limpet. Pine records the registration numbers of the "aid convoy" meant to deliver the weapons and secretly urges Jed to frame Corky; she subtly does so. Pine slips out to deliver the convoy note to Burr, but Corky catches him, and Pine kills him in a fight. He tells Roper that Corky was meeting someone outside the fence. Burr secures a U.S. military inspection of Roper's trucks at the Syrian border, but they contain only agricultural equipment. Pine realises Roper never stored the weapons at the compound. Steadman claims Pine has turned, but Burr rejects this. Roper's group heads to Cairo, where he contacts Hamid. In London, Burr returns home to find it ransacked and her husband wounded.
66"Episode 6"Susanne BierDavid Farr27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)9.90
After the border failure, the IEA is disbanded. Pine contacts Burr, who arrives in Cairo with Steadman, and convinces them the arms deal can be stopped. Jed secures the code to Roper's hotel safe, allowing Burr and Steadman to steal the weapons' registration certificates while Roper is away. Pine spikes Hamid's drinks, escorts him home, learns Roper ordered Sophie's murder, and drowns him. Pine then works with ex-colleague Youssuf and his Muslim Brotherhood contacts to infiltrate the weapons compound. The next morning, Jed is caught; Roper has her waterboarded and concludes Pine is the mole. At the compound, Roper threatens Jed's life unless Pine completes the sale, unaware Burr has already rescued her. When the consortium arrives, Pine detonates the trucks remotely (Youssuf's contacts having planted explosives), revealing he moved the $300 million down payment out of the Tradepass account. The enraged buyers demand repayment. Pine tells Roper he can access the money only if Jed is freed. At the hotel, Burr confronts Roper; he discovers she has blackmailed Dromgoole into withdrawing support. Local police arrest Roper and his team, but his furious buyers seize the convoy and take Roper away. Jed returns to America; Pine promises to visit her.

Series 2 (2026)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [25]
71"Episode 1"[26]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr1 January 2026 (2026-01-01)8.72
In 2019, four years after Roper's downfall, Pine and Burr reunite in Syria to identify Roper's corpse after his execution by his captors. In 2025, Pine is working at the River House, reporting to Mayhew. Pine manages a surveillance unit called 'The Night Owls' that gathers intelligence on criminal activity. During an operation, Pine sees Jaco Brouwer, a former Roper mercenary. Pine alerts Mayhew and sanctions unauthorised surveillance of Brouwer. His team discovers Brouwer's connections to criminal broker Adam Holywell and MI6 chief Mayra Cavendish. Mayhew is murdered after informing Pine he had discovered something, with his killing covered up as a suicide. Pine discovers a hidden burner phone in Mayhew's home he used to contact a mole, Roxana Bolaños, a businesswoman working with Colombian philanthropist Teddy Dos Santos. Pine, after failing to gain insights from an older, cynical Danny, discovers Dos Santos is a former acolyte of Roper. Pine has Roxana taken into protective custody and follows Brouwer to Spain with two of his team members. Dos Santos arrives and discovers Brouwer has been compromised. Dos Santos murders him and Pine's team before detonating a bomb. In London, a gunman storms Roxana's safehouse.
82"Episode 2"[27]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr4 January 2026 (2026-01-04)[d]7.56
In the aftermath of the bombing, Cavendish disbands the Night Owls. Pine fakes his death, aided by Sally Price-Jones, his suspended colleague, and Basil Karapetian, a senior MI6 official suspicious of Cavendish. Together, they establish an identity for Pine as playboy banker Matthew Ellis to go undercover in Colombia. There, Pine meets Dos Santos and discovers he is attempting to silence prosecutor Alejandro Gualteros, who has impounded a key shipment of his. In the UK, Basil deceives Cavendish whilst setting up surveillance on her operations. Invited to a charity gala, Pine reunites with Roxana and confronts her about her actual role with Mayhew. Roxana had been deployed to deceive Mayhew, but was unaware of the murders that would follow. Pine recruits Roxana to work for him. He also hires private detective Martín Álvarez to dig into Teddy's past. They discover his true identity as Eduardo Vidal, Roper's illegitimate lovechild. With Teddy's business accounts frozen by Gualteros, he approaches 'Ellis' for a loan. Pine is invited to Teddy's villa with Roxana to negotiate. They party and Pine is deliberately driven to inebriation by Teddy for questioning. However, Pine sticks to his cover story of having illegally stashed money to launder. Teddy accepts the offer.
93"Episode 3"[28]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr11 January 2026 (2026-01-11)7.45
Pine and Roxana work to obtain evidence of Teddy illegally importing British weaponry to Colombia. Roxana demands immunity and a new identity in return for her help. Sally and Basil take money from Roper's frozen bank account to provide Pine with the funds to 'invest' in Teddy's operation. With a fearful Gualteros on the verge of releasing the shipment, Pine breaks into the company office, but the evidence isn't there. Pine and Roxana clash. Teddy informs Pine that he will be sent back to Europe after his investment processes, so Pine reveals his knowledge of Teddy's arms deals. This spooks Teddy's lawyer, Juan Carrascal, into checking the office with Roxana. She covertly copies the documents he produces. Meanwhile, Pine is taken to Teddy's boat for interrogation. In London, Cavendish tasks Basil with recovering the Roper account, forcing him to pull the funds and endanger Pine. Basil manages to deceive Mayra into releasing the funds, saving Pine before he is murdered. Pine builds trust with Teddy and discovers his plan to create an army of disaffected orphans. Roxana gives the shipping documents to Pine. Sally, Martin and Pine follow Teddy to a meeting with his benefactor, revealed to be an alive Roper.
104"Episode 4"[29]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr18 January 2026 (2026-01-18)7.26
Roper has been living covertly in Colombia for six years, plotting to repay his debts by enacting regime change with aid from exiled leader José Cabrera, Teddy, Cavendish and Lord Sandy Langbourne. Martin spies on Roper, learning that he plans more British-backed coups under amnesty. Basil observes Holywell meeting Cavendish and Langbourne, tricking Holywell into revealing that Teddy possesses an electromagnetic pulse bomb, with MI6 enabling the coup. Sally creates a diversion to allow Gualteros to escape from Teddy's surveillance. Pine separates from Teddy at the airport and meets Burr, who discloses that Roper coerced her into staging his death or his Syrian captors would have killed her and Pine and their families. Teddy suspects Roxana after learning that Gualteros intends to share the shipping documents with the Head of the Supreme Court; however, Gualteros is intercepted by Teddy's military contacts and despite being warned by Roxana, Pine fails to stop Teddy from killing Gualteros. Pine rescues Roxana and a young driver, Octavo, who witnessed the shooting, although Teddy recognises Pine in the shootout and informs a vengeful Roper.
115"Episode 5"[30]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr25 January 2026 (2026-01-25)5.22
Roper orders Cavendish to undercut Pine's support network. Basil is caught attempting to flee London, but manages to leave his laptop with Burr. Cavendish has him tortured. Pine, Roxana and Octavo escape to her abandoned family home. The couple argue when Pine admits he can no longer offer her immunity before briefly acting on their sexual attraction. Roper rehires henchman Frisky and sidelines Teddy. Pine summons Roper to a meeting and demands that Roper hand himself and his conspirators in or incur the wrath of failing to pay Barghati's consortium again. Roper refuses and attempts to bribe Pine into handing over Roxana and the documents to walk away freely. Pine refuses and escapes Frisky with help from Martin, who surveils Roper using microphones hidden in the collars of his dogs. Sally contacts Chief Justice Consuelo Arbenz to help stop Roper and Cabrera's coup. Pine plays Teddy recordings of Roper privately disowning him, convincing Teddy to help him and reveal the coup's plans. Roper discovers Martin's surveillance, although Martin narrowly escapes. Mayra has Basil murdered after he refuses to divulge Pine's plan. Roper kills his dogs in anger at his operation being exposed. A desperate Roxana hands herself over to Roper, who demands that she bring Pine to him.
126"Episode 6"[31]Georgi Banks-DaviesDavid Farr1 February 2026 (2026-02-01)6.09
Roxana, under orders from Roper, lures Pine to a meeting. He narrowly avoids being killed thanks to a tip-off from Teddy. Carrascal becomes suspicious of Teddy, forcing Teddy to kill him. Roper confronts Roxana, who suggests Teddy harbours feelings for Pine. Sally helps Chief Justice Arbenz escape under armed guard, and together they assemble prosecutors and journalists to observe the EMP device's arrival. Pine and Teddy head to Cabrera's jungle base, with Pine posing as Teddy's prisoner. Teddy convinces Cabrera that Roper is planning to betray him, prompting Cabrera to divert the plane to Sally's location. Roper arrives at the jungle base and is held at gunpoint by Cabrera and his men. In London, Burr confronts Langbourne and then Mayra with evidence of their corruption, telling the latter that the coup has failed. However, back in Colombia, Roper reveals he sent two shipments. The EMP is dropped into the jungle whilst Sally and Arbenz receive an empty container. With Pine and Teddy's deceit exposed, Roper kills Teddy. A wounded Pine narrowly escapes with help from Martin and Octavo, although Martin sacrifices himself to allow the others to escape. A distraught Roxana leaves Colombia while a triumphant Mayra walks away from Burr, who is later killed at her home in France. Now back in the UK, Roper picks up Danny from boarding school while news of the ongoing Colombian civil war plays on the radio.

Broadcast

The first episode of The Night Manager was broadcast on 21 February 2016 on BBC One in the United Kingdom.[32] AMC Spain broadcast the series on 24 February 2016 in Spain,[33] while TV3 in New Zealand broadcast the series on 28 February 2016.[34] In the United States, the show premiered on 19 April 2016 on AMC.[35] Season 1 aired in Australia on BBC First on 20 March 2016.[36] In Finland it premiered on 22 June 2016 on MTV3.[37] In Sweden, it first aired on 22 August 2016 on TV4, split up into eight episodes rather than the original release of six episodes.[38] In Germany it started airing on 29 August 2016 on ZDF. The series was broadcast on Raidió Teilifís Éireann in Ireland on 29 August 2016.[39] On 24 February 2017, The Night Manager started to air in the Netherlands on public broadcaster NPO 1, being broadcast by AVROTROS.[40]

Series 2 began broadcasting on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK on 1 January 2026. Outside the UK, the series was broadcast on Prime Video, with three episodes released on 11 January, and new episodes released weekly every Sunday, leading up to the season finale on 1 February.[41][42][19][43]

Reception

Critical response

Series 1

The series holds a 91% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 67 critics with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "The Night Manager's smart writing and riveting story are elevated all the more by Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston's captivating performances."[44] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gives the series a score of 82/100 based on 32 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[45]

Adam Sisman, le Carré's biographer, wrote in the UK The Daily Telegraph: "It is more than 20 years since the novel was published, and in that time two film companies have tried and failed to adapt it, concluding that it was impossible to compress into two hours. But this six-hour television adaptation is long enough to give the novel its due." He added: "And though Hugh Laurie may seem a surprising choice to play 'the worst man in the world', he dominates the screen as a horribly convincing villain. Alert viewers may spot a familiar face in the background of one scene, in a restaurant: John le Carré himself makes a cameo, as he did in the films of A Most Wanted Man and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. But he is on screen only for an instant: blink and you'll miss him."[46]

Reviewing the first episode for The Guardian, Archie Bland began by noting: "The Night Manager is as sexed up as television drama comes. In Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie it has bona fide international stars; in John le Carré's source novel it has a pedigree of untouchable grandeur. The palette is as sumptuous as one of our hero Jonathan Pine's beautiful hotels". He added, "It's Laurie's vulpine performance that gives The Night Manager its force once the smell of money has worn off. But we barely see him for the first 40 minutes – a delayed gratification trick that's always worked like magic on me, ever since we spent the whole first episode of The West Wing waiting impatiently to meet Josiah Bartlet." Turning to Hiddleston's performance, Bland wrote: "And as the embodiment of the show's atmosphere of paralysed establishment glamour, Hiddleston is the business. When the noble beast beneath that accommodating English exterior begins to make itself known, I find the righteous revenge he's intent on wreaking on Roper compelling."[47]

IGN reviewer Jesse Schedeen gave the serial 8.8 out of 10, saying: "The Night Manager proves that television is the ideal format to bring le Carré's novels to life. This miniseries is tightly paced, suspenseful and boasts strong performances from the likes of Hiddleston, Laurie, Colman and Hollander. With any luck, this series will open the doors for more of le Carré's classic spy tales to make their way to the small screen."[48]

The New Yorker reviewer Emily Nussbaum was unimpressed, calling the miniseries "elegant but ultimately empty", with "overwrought sequences of doomed love", "just an old recipe made with artisanal ingredients". She praised the actors but found the characterisation of Roper "less Dr. No and more Mr. Magoo".[49] However, Brian Tallerico called it a "brilliant adaptation" on RogerEbert.com, with praise for the performances of Hiddleston and Laurie, and for Susanne Bier's direction: "Bier brings a cinematic language to The Night Manager, and a deeper understanding of character than we often get in projects that hinge on espionage. She understands that it's not about the twists and turns of the spy game but the impact it has on those who are playing it."[50]

Series 2

Series 2 holds an 88% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an audience rating of 62%, both significantly down on the ratings for Series 1.[51]

Writing in The Guardian, Jack Seale gave the first episode four out of five, saying: "Although the drama still feels like cashmere and silk, the blade stashed in the folds isn’t so sharp [...] There is something fundamentally gauche, too, about the way season two methodically tries to rebuild the dynamic of the first run", but concludes: "None of this is to say The Night Manager is suddenly average: it still floats far above most of the competition. But it no longer feels pristine."[52]

The Independent gave the first two episodes four out of five with Nick Hilton remarking: "Gripping without being excessively silly, compelling without being indulgently cerebral, The Night Manager pulls off the, increasingly rare, trick of knowing its audience, understanding its success, and replicating the formula."[53]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2016
 British Screenwriters' Awards Best Crime Writing on Television (Series/Single Drama) David Farr Won [54]
Outstanding Newcomer for British Television Writing Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Movie Made for Television or Limited Series The Night Manager Nominated [55]
Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series Tom Hiddleston Nominated
Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series Olivia Colman Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series Hugh Laurie Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series Elizabeth Debicki Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Digital Streaming Series Víctor Reyes Won [56]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Limited Series Stephen Garrett, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Susanne Bier, David Farr, John le Carré, Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Alexei Boltho, William D. Johnson, and Rob Bullock Nominated [57][58]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Tom Hiddleston Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Hugh Laurie Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Olivia Colman Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special Susanne Bier Won
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special David Farr Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special Jina Jay Nominated
Outstanding Main Title Design Patrick Clair, Jeff Han, Paul Kim, and Raoul Marks Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Victor Reyes (for "Episode 2") Won
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Victor Reyes Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special Adam Armitage, Howard Bargroff, Alex Sawyer, Peter Melemendjian, and Barnaby Smith (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Howard Bargroff and Aitor Bernguer (for "Episode 5") Nominated
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards Best Costume Design – Drama Signe Sejlund Won [59]
Best Effects – Special Pau Costa Moeller Nominated
Best Make Up Design – Drama Jenna Wrage Won
Best Music – Original Title Victor Reyes Won
Seoul International Drama Awards Grand Prize The Night Manager Won [60]
Best Mini-Series The Night Manager Nominated
Best Director Susanne Bier Won
Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials The Night Manager Nominated [61]
2017
 Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Movie or Mini-Series Jina Jay Nominated [62]
Association of Motion Picture Sound Awards Excellence in Sound for a Television Drama Howard Bargroff, Adam Armitage, Alex Sawyer, and Aitor Berenguer Won [63]
British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actor Tom Hollander Won [64][65]
British Academy Television Craft Awards Best Director – Fiction Susanne Bier Nominated [64][66]
Best Editing – Fiction Ben Lester Won
Best Production Design Tom Burton and Barbara H. Skelding Nominated
Best Sound – Fiction Aitor Berenguer, Howard Bargroff, Alex Sawyer, and Adam Armitage Won
Best Special, Visual and Graphic Effects Pau Costa Moeller and Bluebolt Nominated
Best Titles and Graphic Identity Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks Nominated
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Drama Series The Night Manager Won [67]
Best Actor Hugh Laurie Nominated
Camille Awards Best Original Music for a Series Victor Reyes Won [68]
Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series Aitor Berenguer and Howard Bargroff (for "Episode 1") Nominated [69]
Empire Awards Best TV Series The Night Manager Won [70]
Golden Globe Awards Best Limited Series or Television Film The Night Manager Nominated [71][72]
Best Actor – Limited Series or Television Film Tom Hiddleston Won
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Limited Series or Television Film Hugh Laurie Won
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Limited Series or Television Film Olivia Colman Won
Gracie Awards Actress in a Supporting Role – Made for TV Movie or Limited Series Won [73]
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Best Original Score for a Television Series Víctor Reyes Nominated [74]
Location Managers Guild Awards Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Television Tom Howard and Daniel Sampedro Palerm Won [75]
National Television Awards Drama The Night Manager Nominated [76]
Drama Performance Tom Hiddleston Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Simon Cornwell, Stephen Garrett, Stephen Cornwell, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Susanne Bier, David Farr, John le Carré, William D. Johnson, Alexei Boltho, and Rob Bullock Nominated [77]
Rose d'Or Awards Drama Series The Night Manager Nominated [78]
Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Tom Hiddleston Nominated [79]
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Hugh Laurie Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Olivia Colman Won
Saturn Awards Best Presentation on Television The Night Manager Nominated [80]
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Best Crime Programme The Night Manager Nominated [81]
USC Scripter Awards Television David Farr – Based on the novel by John le Carré Won[e] [82]

Notes

  1. ^ Credited as producing in the international broadcast. Also hold international distribution rights along with Fifth Season
  2. ^ Excluding the United Kingdom
  3. ^ Based on 28-day data.
  4. ^ This episode was released early by BBC iPlayer on 1 January 2026.
  5. ^ Tied with Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story: Episode: "Manna from Heaven"; Based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.

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