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Black Doves has released its first trailer for the upcoming Netlflix series which sees Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire take on leading roles as spy and spymaster.
It gives fans their first taste of the new thriller, which follows Keira's character Helen Webb as an agent passing on secrets of her politician husband [Andrew Buchan].
Keira is a spy for the Black Doves organisation, headed up by the enigmatic Reed [Sarah], and has been giving them political information for 10 years.
Helen's secret lover Jason [Andrew Koji] is assassinated and Reed informs her that her position in the organisation may have been compromised.
Her theory is proved right when Keira is attacked by assailants, only to be saved by a friend from her past, Sam Young, played by Ben Whishaw.
Black Doves has released its first trailer for the upcoming Netlflix series which sees Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire take on leading roles as spy and spymaster
Keira is a spy for the Black Doves organisation
It's headed up by the enigmatic Reed [Sarah] (pictured), and has been giving them political information for 10 years
Sam is a suave, Champagne-drinking assassin but has been out of the game since a failed job with disastrous consequences.
As his past threatens to catch up with him, his task is to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why.
Helen then makes Sam promise to keep her alive and keep her family safe, so she has time to find out who killed Jason and take her revenge on them.
Netflix fans already 'can't wait' the must-watch spy thriller which arrives to screens on December 5 with six episodes, set against the backdrop of London at Christmas.
Helen and Sam set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy.
One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis – and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they've made.
The Netflix series is written by Joe Barton and Keira is listed as an executive producer.
It gives fans their first taste of the new thriller, which follows Keira's character Helen Webb as an agent passing on secrets of her politician husband [Andrew Buchan] (pictured)
Helen's secret lover Jason [Andrew Koji] is assassinated and Reed informs her that her position in the organisation may have been compromised (Koji not pictured)
Her theory is proved right when Keira is attacked by assailants
They enter her home with guns
She is saved by a friend from her past, Sam Young, played by Ben Whishaw (pictured)
Earlier this month, Netflix shared a first look clip at the talented cast as they have 'never been seen before'.
In the short video, Sarah Lancashire's character says: 'I'm looking to hire someone. No one knows if they can really do it until they try and then they find out pretty quick. Are you sure this is what you want?'
Elsewhere in the dramatic teaser, Keira and Ben's characters appear on screen with blood splattered across their faces.
Fans flocked to the replies to share their excitement for the new thriller and gush that they 'can't wait' for it to air, writing: 'Keira, Ben & Sarah. It's going to be epic.'
'Must watch this series'; 'I was already in for Keira Knightley but Sarah Lancashire... I WILL BE SEATED!!!'; 'Cant wait for it to come out';
'Keira Knightley in a spy thriller? December 5th can't come soon enough'; 'Lush! That is a brilliant star cast'; 'Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire, you can't go wrong.'
Sam is a suave, Champagne-drinking assassin but has been out of the game since a failed job with disastrous consequences
As his past threatens to catch up with him, his task is to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why
Helen then makes Sam promise to keep her alive and keep her family safe, so she has time to find out who killed Jason and take her revenge on them
Netflix fans already 'can't wait' the must-watch spy thriller which arrives to screens on December 5 with six episodes, set against the backdrop of London at Christmas
'#SarahLancashire… what more needs to be said ! Will it be available in U.S. as well? Can't wait!'
Sarah won critical acclaim for her role as Catherine Cawood in the BBC's Happy Valley, starring alongside James Norton as murderer Tommy Lee Royce.
The show beat out The Gold and Top Boy for the Drama award at this year's Royal Television Society awards.
'It's game changing, top-of-the-class drama,' said the jury. 'Sometimes operatic in scale, but attentive to the tiniest detail.'
Sarah also scooped the Leading Actress Award at the BAFTA TV Awards in May and the Memorable Moment Award also went to Happy Valley for Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce's final kitchen showdown on BBC One.
In one seen Sam is approached by a blood covered man
The man wipes his blood soaked hand over his face
One shot shows Helen surrounded by dead bodies
Sam hugs Helen as they reunite
Meanwhile, amid the writers and actors' January strikes in America, fuelled by the studio's use of AI to replace human actors, Keira recently revealed that she plans to copyright her face.
She said: 'At the moment for actresses, the concern is about the voice, and they're trying to protect the voice-over industry.
'I don't know where that's at but I know that's the negotiation. But I imagine the next step will be to copyright my face.
'AI has the potential to be catastrophic and I hope governments come in and regulate it,' she added.
Studios including the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Apple are proposing to use AI to replace humans with digital scans where an actor's likeness can be superimposed over a stunt double.
Hollywood actors and writers united in their first 'double strike' in more than 60 years vowing they will protect every worker in the industry from being replaced by AI.
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