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BBC’s “Dragon Slayers” Stars Matthew Rhys as 1970s Investigative Editor

5/5/2026

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BBC drama “Dragon Slayers” will star Matthew Rhys as former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans.
The eight-part series will dramatise Evans’s 1970s investigations of thalidomide, DC-10 crash and spy Kim Philby.
Writer Peter Bowker based the script on research and interviews with Evans’s widow Tina Brown.
Al Mackay will direct the series for AC Chapter One and Universal International Studios.

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BBC drama “Dragon Slayers” will star Matthew Rhys as former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans.
The eight-part series will dramatise Evans’s 1970s investigations of thalidomide, DC-10 crash and spy Kim Philby.
Writer Peter Bowker based the script on research and interviews with Evans’s widow Tina Brown.
Al Mackay will direct the series for AC Chapter One and Universal International Studios.