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Sky’s Atomic Premieres Aug. 28 With Two-Episode Launch on Sky Atlantic and NOW

The five-part thriller adapts real uranium-trafficking accounts from William Langewiesche’s Atomic Bazaar under showrunner Gregory Burke.

Overview

  • The debut drops two installments on Thursday, 28 August, with the remaining three episodes rolling out weekly on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
  • The series follows drug smuggler Max and drifter JJ as they are pulled into transporting highly enriched uranium across North Africa and the Middle East.
  • Intelligence services including the CIA and MI6 pursue them, led by Samira Wiley’s character, Cassie Elliott, a scientist operating under non-official cover.
  • The cast is headlined by Alfie Allen and Shazad Latif, with supporting roles for Brian Gleeson, Franklin Virguez, Avital Lvova, Stuart Martin, Vahid Gold and Charlie Murphy.
  • A trailer is available now, previewing a high-octane, globe-trotting chase grounded in reported incidents of illicit fissile-material trafficking.