"The first season, which follows Pine as he infiltrates Roper's inner circle to prevent him from illegally shipping weapons in the Middle East, went gangbusters when it debuted on BBC One. It had a reported budget of £20 million (approximately $29 million), then unheard of for the BBC, and picked up 36 award nominations, including Golden Globes each for Hiddleston, Laurie, and Olivia Colman, who played the hard-boiled, heavily pregnant MI6 handler for Pine."
"Part of the show's success was that it upped the pace of le Carré's work for modern audiences. The author's novels are brilliantly complex and notoriously ponderous, not immediately well-suited for the era of streaming shows muscling each other for viewers' attention. But The Night Manager retained something of that slowness in the character of Pine, who is not a protagonist who comes out all guns blazing,"
Ten years elapsed between the first and second seasons of The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine and Hugh Laurie as arms dealer Richard Roper. The first season follows Pine infiltrating Roper's inner circle to stop illegal weapons shipments in the Middle East and debuted on BBC One to huge success. The production had a reported budget of £20 million, earned 36 award nominations, and featured Olivia Colman as Pine's MI6 handler. The adaptation increased the pace of John le Carré's novel while retaining Pine's deliberate character development and relied on luxurious locations and costume detail to create a prestige feel.
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