Director Joe Wright explains why the series set amid authentic wars between Ukraine and Russia and in Sudan had to "plant our pin somewhere" to avoid real-life events "overtaking" the fictional world of the show.

The actor plays an operative called back to London from the undercover life he leads in Ethiopia in this suspenseful series on Paramount+ with Showtime that also features Jeffrey Wright and Richard Gere.

In Showtime's "The Agency" on Paramount+ Michael Fassbender is a CIA agent struggling to return to civilian life after six years undercover.