London Spy Genre Drama Created by Tom Rob Smith Written by Tom Rob Smith Directed by Jakob Verbruggen Starring Ben Whishaw Jim Broadbent Edward Holcroft Samantha Spiro Charlotte Rampling Mark Gatiss Harriet Walter Composer(s) David Holmes Keefus Ciancia Country of origin United Kingdom United States Original language(s) English No. of episodes 5 Production Producer(s) Guy Heeley Running time 58–60 minutes Production company(s) Working Title Television BBC America NBC Universal BBC Release Original network BBC Two BBC Two HD Picture format 16:9 1080i Audio format Stereo Original release 9 November (2015-11-09) – 7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) External links Website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pmnwn