Honey review – a hugely entertaining Killing Eve prequel that’s packed with naughty jokes

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This tale of a young female spy in 1980s East Berlin is a visual delight. Around every corner is a fun comic twist Is there any more alluring aesthetic in screen fiction than the iron curtain thriller? Any TV show dealing in 1980s cold war chic – Deutschland 83, Kleo, Star City, The Same Sky, the Russian bits of The Americans – probably has an irresistible mix of danger, absurdity and exotic kitsch. Moustaches! Wigs! Leather trench coats! Rigid patterned fabrics! Cassette players! Boxy cars! The chilly ennui of oppressed citizens and the flagrant risk-taking of secret agents, all somehow…

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Honey review – a hugely entertaining Killing Eve prequel that’s packed with naughty jokes
This tale of a young female spy in 1980s East Berlin is a visual delight. Around every corner is a fun comic twist Is there any more alluring aesthetic in screen fiction than the iron curtain thriller? Any TV show dealing in 1980s cold war chic – Deutschland 83, Kleo, Star...