Signoria Volpe, a sleek British spy drama premiering on ITV on October 27, 2025, with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score from early screenings, plunges viewers into a sun-drenched Italian saga blending The Madame Blanc Mysteries’ charm with The Night Manager’s intrigue. Created by Andrew Davies and filmed in Florence and Rome from May to October 2025, the 6-episode series stars Emilia Fox as Claudia Volpe, a disillusioned ex-MI6 agent drawn into a web of murder, espionage, and betrayal, sparking 3.2M #SpySurge posts as critics hail its “bold glamour-espionage mix.”
The saga’s searing surge? Spellbinding: Episode 1 catapults Claudia into a glittering Florence wedding, a cryptic message etched with doubt, unspooling a conspiracy where allies conceal motives and lovers harbor grudges. Fox’s Claudia?
A “masterclass in mettle,” her jaded resolve warping to fierce dread, unraveling a ripple of regrets where a “trusted confidant” surfaces as sabotage. Co-stars deepen the drama: Tom Hiddleston as a “haunted diplomat” with a sting, Olivia Colman as a “calculating” spymaster with secrets. Davies’s script quivers with quips—“Loyalty’s a shadow that betrays”—but the “brutal” stakes bite: a botched sting buries hope, a VVIP viper’s venom turns ally to assassin.
The “redefining spy thriller”? Volcanic: Signoria Volpe amps the “pacy” probe with “luminous” Italian vistas and “authentic” espionage vibes, Florence’s “eerie glow” amplifying “grim themes.” The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan raves “pacy, poignant drama” with Fox’s “reliably raw” heart; The Times’s Carol Midgley hails Hiddleston’s “Icily Glamorous” intensity and the “haunting” score. Radio Times’s Alison Herman praises the “confidence, style, authenticity.” Skeptics? “Mired in melodrama,” but the 1-in-2 twist-to-treason ratio hooks, BARB metrics outgunning The Jetty.
This isn’t cozy crime; it’s a requiem for the relentless, Signoria Volpe’s “secrets” a flare for the fearless where trust terrifies and truths triumph. Claudia’s crusade? Colossal. The conspiracies? Captivating. October 27? Not a drop—a deluge. Binge it; the stings sear, the dramas devastate. Fox’s fire? Ferocious. The obsession? Overnight, inescapable.
