Die Kinder(1990)

Die Kinder is a six-part British political thriller from 1990 that follows Sidonie Reiger's desperate attempt to rescue her kidnapped children. When she enlists private investigator Lomax to help, the pair uncover a dangerous web connecting her husband's shadowy past with the Red Liberation Front and the competing interests of multiple nations' secret services. Written by Paula Milne and starring Miranda Richardson alongside Frederic Forrest, Hans Kremer and Derek Fowlds, the BBC Two series weaves espionage and personal stakes into a taut, high-stakes drama where every revelation deepens the threat to her family.