Cat-and-mouse thriller The Iris Affair lands this October with Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander in the lead
Sky has unveiled the full trailer for The Iris Affair, a new eight-part thriller premiering 16th October on Sky and streaming service NOW. Shot on location across Italy, the stylish and sun-drenched series promises a cerebral game of cat and mouse between two brilliant minds, set against a backdrop of conspiracy, coded clues and cutting-edge tech.
From Luther creator Neil Cross, the series stars Niamh Algar as Iris Nixon, a puzzle-obsessed genius whose curiosity leads her into the orbit of tech mogul Cameron Beck, played by Tom Hollander. When Iris solves a string of encrypted online challenges, she finds herself in a piazza in Florence and face-to-face with the charismatic Beck. He invites her to help him unlock a secretive and powerful new technology – but when she realises the dangerous implications, she disappears with the device’s activation codes.
What follows is a tense pursuit across Sardinia, Rome and beyond as Beck hunts Iris down. Each episode ratchets up the tension as allegiances shift, motivations blur, and the line between hunter and hunted begins to fade.
The cast is stacked with talent, including Kristofer Hivju, Harry Lloyd, Meréana Tomlinson, Sacha Dhawan, Maya Sansa, Peter Sullivan, Debi Mazar, Marco Leonardi, Angela Bruce and Lorenzo De Moor. Directed by Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad) and Sarah O’Gorman (The Witcher), the series blends European glamour with gritty intensity.
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The Iris Affair is released on Sky on 16th October 2025.
Watch the trailer for The Iris Affair here:
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