Playing a steely female spy in a man's world in a remake of the movie The Ipcress File was an opportunity British actress Lucy Boynton embraced. The thriller's set in 1963 when former army sergeant Harry Palmer becomes a spy for British intelligence tasked with tracking down a kidnapped British nuclear scientist. The 1965 film starring Michael Cain as Palmer based based on Len Deighton's novel written in 1962. In the both those versions, the role of female spy Jean Courtney was more of a bit part, but in the ITV series about to air on Acorn TV, that's all changed. Lucy talks about her latest role with Lynn Freeman.