‘Dragon Slayers’: Matthew Rhys Playing Iconic British Investigative Journalist Harold Evans In BBC Drama

Matthew Rhys is leading a BBC drama exploring the work of one the most iconic British journalists of all time.

The Americans and Beast in Me star is playing former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans in Dragon Slayers, which will act as a potted 20th century history of UK investigatory work including when Evans’ team fought for the victims of Thalidomide, uncovered the truth behind the DC-10 crash – then the world’s worst air disaster – and they faced down treason charges in exposing Kim Philby as one of the most successful spies of the 20th century.

Set in the 1970s and penned by Peter Bowker (The A Word), Dragon Slayers will be based on research, published accounts and interviews with those who knew and worked with Evans – including his widow, editor, author and journalist Tina Brown, and the Evans family.

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