The Iris Affair - Another five star smash from Sky ★★★★★

Sky’s new original drama The Iris Affair is an absolute blast — exciting, original, and deliriously fun from start to finish. Imagine Luther colliding with The Day of the Jackal and The Night Manager, with just a glint of The White Lotus’ cheeky silliness, and you’ll get a sense of the tone. It’s a bold and glorious thriller — but not one to be taken too seriously. And that’s precisely what makes it so enjoyable.Across eight punchy episodes, the pace never falters. There’s barely time to breathe as code-breaking, double-crossing, and AI-fuelled chaos unfold at breakneck speed. It’s like Bond on heat — all swagger, sun, and suspense.Tom Hollander finally has a vehicle which allows him to be centre stage, showing off every acting muscle in his body, and he wears it so well.When enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (a mesmerising Niamh Algar) deciphers a chain of mysterious online puzzles, she’s drawn to a Florence piazza and into the orbit of charismatic tech mogul Cameron Beck (Tom Hollander, oozing charm and menace in equal measure). But once Iris realises the danger of his top-secret creation, she disappears with the key to it all — setting off a globe-trotting chase from Sardinian hideaways to the Roman streets.With Neil Cross (Luther) steering the story and direction from Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad) and Sarah O’Gorman (The Witcher), the result is sleek, cinematic, and gloriously unpredictable. Every frame dazzles with Sky’s signature polish: sun-drenched vistas, luxurious settings, and knockout production values.https://youtu.be/Ck1P_Lcuxv0?si=e6Q2w5zzBVl5EphsThe Iris Affair is pure escapism — twisty, stylish, and irresistibly over the top. This is what Sky does best. Nobody makes bold, twisty, high-gloss thrillers quite like them. Watch it now on Sky TV or NOW.