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The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas - BBC

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BBC (as its archives name them)
Episodes
19
Language
English

The Complete George Smiley radio dramas from BBC Radio.

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01 - Call for the Dead:

Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's first novel.

London, the late 1950s, and a disenchanted George Smiley is engaged in the routine job of security vetting. When a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide not long after being cleared of Communist sympathies, Smiley investigates and uncovers a deadly conspiracy with its roots in his own wartime past.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112csv

02 - A Murder of Quality:

A public school in the early 1960s. When the wife of one of the masters is found bludgeoned to death, Smiley, out of loyalty to an old friend, finds himself investigating her death - an investigation that lifts the lid on a world of hidden passions and murderous hatreds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011cfjw

03 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Episode 1:

Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.

Berlin, the early 1960s - the Wall is up between East and West and the Cold War is at freezing point. Alec Leamas is Circus Head of Station in Berlin, and his network of agents in East Germany is in great danger.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pt2lr

04 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Episode 2:

The trap is set to catch the East German spymaster who has ruthlessly destroyed Alec Leamas's Berlin network - and the bait is Leamas himself.…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Call for the Dead

    No date given · 1 h 26 min

  2. A Murder of Quality

    No date given · 1 h 27 min

  3. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 56 min

  4. The Looking Glass War: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 57 min

  5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 57 min

  6. The Honourable Schoolboy: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 57 min

  7. Smiley's People: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 56 min

  8. The Secret Pilgrim: Part 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 56 min

  9. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 57 min

  10. The Looking Glass War: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 57 min

  11. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 57 min

  12. The Honourable Schoolboy: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 57 min

  13. Smiley's People: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 56 min

  14. The Secret Pilgrim: Part 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 56 min

  15. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: Part 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 57 min

  16. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Part 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 57 min

  17. The Honourable Schoolboy: Part 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 57 min

  18. Smiley's People: Part 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 56 min

  19. The Secret Pilgrim: Part 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 56 min

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