Coverage dated October 13, 2026

BBC, ZDF Cold War Thriller ‘Honey’ Offers Sex, Lies – and Prosthetic Testicles: ‘There’s an Innate Comedy and Absurdity to Spying’

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Upcoming BBC-ZDF series ‘Honey,’ which had its world premiere Monday evening at Mipcom, isn’t your usual Cold War thriller. In the show, sold by Fifth Season, a young MI6 agent Martha (Ann Skelly) becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle in East Berlin in 1982, where she navigates a shadowy wo…

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  1. Deadline

    Cold War Thriller ‘Honey’ Scores First Sales After Cannes World Premiere (opens Deadline)

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    EXCLUSIVE: The first sales for Honey have rolled in as the darkly comedic thriller had its world premiere in Cannes. The Cold War drama is for the BBC and ZDF. It has been pre-bought by Australian streamer Stan and Sky in New Zealand.

  2. Variety

    BBC, ZDF Cold War Thriller ‘Honey’ Offers Sex, Lies – and Prosthetic Testicles: ‘There’s an Innate Comedy and Absurdity to Spying’ (opens Variety)

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    Upcoming BBC-ZDF series ‘Honey,’ which had its world premiere Monday evening at Mipcom, isn’t your usual Cold War thriller. In the show, sold by Fifth Season, a young MI6 agent Martha (Ann Skelly) becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle in East Berlin in 1982, where she navigates a shadowy wo…