Who is Rex Mayhew in The Night Manager?

Rex Mayhew (Whitehall's one honest desk) is a character in The Night Manager, part of The Operation. Rex Mayhew is the Foreign Office's rarity: a senior man who reads Angela Burr's files and is appalled in a useful direction. While the river house — the intelligence establishment that finds Roper profitable — starves and sabotages the operation, Mayhew supplies cover, budget scraps and the occasional act of bureaucratic heroism. He is the show's measure of institutions: the system isn't evil or good, it is whoever signs which paper, and Mayhew keeps choosing to sign.

When does Rex Mayhew first appear?

Rex Mayhew first appears in Season 1, Episode 2 of The Night Manager (2016, BBC/AMC).

Who is Rex Mayhew connected to?

Relationships already established when Rex Mayhew first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Angela Burr — Whitehall's one honest desk

Which group does Rex Mayhew belong to?

By the time Rex Mayhew appears, The Operation also includes Jonathan Pine, Angela Burr.

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