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  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)

  • Written by: John le Carré
  • Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
  • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Dramatised)

Written by: John le Carré
Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
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Publisher's Summary

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley.

It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. His agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt.

Leamas is recalled to London where, to his surprise, instead of being washed up and consigned to a desk he's offered a chance to have his revenge by becoming a pawn in a brilliantly-conceived plot to destroy Mundt. But in order to do so he has to stay out in the cold a little longer...

Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Brian Cox as Alec Leamas, this tense, compelling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, intricate thriller.

©2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Cold, shaken not stirred

The end of the Cold War makes us nostalgic for the presumed moral clarity. Apparently, not so clear then either. Interesting that it is such a contrast w/ that other British spy, James Bond. Particularly enjoyed Brian Cox as Alec Lemas.

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