Add Secret Service to your watchlist Despite its instantly forgettable title, there’s a lot to enjoy about the ITV thriller Secret Service: pots of political intrigue as it becomes clear a Russian asset has penetrated the highest corridors of British power; Night Manager-inspired scenes of dastardly oligarchs sunning themselves in Mediterranean climes; the always excellent Gemma Arterton perfectly cast as the frazzled mum whose shooter and choice of passports in her wardrobe quickly establish her other life as a spy-running officer for MI6; and, most delightfully, as the seen-it-all chief of service, Roger Allam being Roger Allam. So I’m prepared to forgive the title, the soup of many familiar TV parts, even the fact that it’s co-adapted by Tom Bradby – yes, the Tom Bradby – from his novel of the same name (honestly, how does anybody new in TV ever get a job?) So that isn’t even my beef, but, yes, I do have one. Because not content with writing the book and turning it into primetime drama, Brady regularly turns up on screen …