Mark Rylance Cyber Thriller 'The Undeclared War' to Stream on Peacock
Given how many options there are these days when it comes to streaming services, it's natural that some might fall through the cracks for viewers. With big names like Netflix and Hulu constantly pumping out content and niche streamers like Acorn TV and Britbox there to fill in the gaps, it's pretty easy to forget that things like Peacock not only exist, they're actually something of an underrated gem when it comes to British television content.
In the past few years, NBC's streaming service has brought a little bit of everything across the pond, from buzzy thrillers and smart comedies to this year's Eurovision competition. The past few years have seen the streamer land contemporary hits like submarine thriller Vigil, crime drama The Capture, and the comedy Hitmen, which stars former The Great British Baking Show favorites Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Jed Mercurio's latest hit series, Trigger Point, will arrive in July. And that's not the only British content viewers can look forward to on the platform this summer.
The six-episode limited series The Undeclared War will premiere on the streamer this August, a high-octane thriller that sounds almost uncomfortably timely. Executive produced, directed, and co-written by five-time BAFTA Awards winner Peter Kosminsky (Wolf Hall), the series follows the story of a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters, the U.K.’s version of the U.S.’s National Security Agency) who are secretly working to ward off a series of cyber-attacks on the U.K. in the run-up to a general election.
