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JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY (320kbs-m4a/312mb/2hrs16mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th to 8th August 2025
George Smiley is lead to one of England's most famous public schools...
John le Carré's second novel, first published in 1962.
Smiley is a career intelligence officer with "The Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency.
Starring George Cole and Norman Bowler.
Murder mystery dramatised in five parts by Rene Basilico.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March/April 1981.
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY - 1. THE LETTER (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th August 2025
A visit to an old friend from "The Circus" days - and consequences of a letter from a frightened woman.
George Smiley .... George Cole
Inspector Rigby .... Norman Bowler
Terence Fielding .... Peter Jeffrey
Miss Brimley/Mad Janie .... Sheila Grant
Felix D'Arcy .... Richard Pearson
Other parts played by:
Leonard Fenton
Stephen Garlick
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY - 2. UNNERVED (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th August 2025
The wife of one of the masters at Carne School has been murdered.
George Smiley is helping the police - unofficially.
Though unnerved by an encounter with the strange Mad Janie, Smiley is not inclined to dismiss her wild babbling as total nonsense...
George Smiley .... George Cole
Inspector Rigby .... Norman Bowler
Miss Brimley/Mad Janie .... Sheila Grant
Sergent Mundy .... Robert Brown
Miss D'Arcy .... Diana Ning
Miss Dawnay .... Jenny Lee
Other parts played by members of the cast.
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY - 3. OPINIONS (320kbs-m4a/60mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th August 2025
Piece by piece, George Smiley tries to build up a picture of a murder victim.
But opinions of Stella Rode are conflicting and occasionally rather uncomfortable...
George Smiley .... George Cole
Inspector Rigby .... Norman Bowler
Stanley Rode .... William Gaunt
Simon Snow .... Jon Glover
Anne Snow .... Jane Knowles
Major Harriman / Samuel Glaston .... David Ryall
Police Sergeant/other parts .... Peter Tuddenham
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY - 4. TRAGEDY (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th August 2025
A school pupil has died tragically in a cycling accident.
This is adding poignancy to an already complex murder investigation for George Smiley.
George Smiley .... George Cole
Inspector Rigby .... Norman Bowler
Stanley Rode .... William Gaunt
Terence Fielding .... Peter Jeffrey
Miss Truebody .... Sheelah Wilcocks
Mrs Harlow .... Harriet Reynolds
Police sergeant .... Peter Tuddenham
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A MURDER OF QUALITY - 5. FOREBODING (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th August 2025
Before she was murdered, Stella Rode wrote a letter accusing her husband of planning to kill her.
Now Stanley Rode has disappeared.
There are new and unexpected disclosures before the investigation is brought back to George Smiley's own London home in Chelsea.
George Smiley .... George Cole
Inspector Rigby .... Norman Bowler
Terence Fielding .... Peter Jeffrey
Stanley Rode .... William Gaunt
Miss Brimley .... Sheila Grant
Brigadier Havelock .... Anthony Sharp
Other parts played by:
Sonia Frase
Martyn Read
A WRITER AND HIS COUNTRY - JOHN LE CARRÉ ACROSS SIX DECADES (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 3rd April 2021
Writer, spy, outsider, insider, neighbour, friend. Who was the real John le Carré and what does his writing tell us about him and his country? In this edition of Archive on 4, John le Carré's friend and fellow writer Philippe Sands pieces together the inner life of a beloved chronicler of postwar Britain. Using archive interviews with le Carré and new interviews with his editors and one of his sons, Philippe Sands charts le Carré's shifting sense of identity, and his relationship with Britain.
Producer Caroline Bayley
Sound Engineer James Beard
Editor Jasper Corbett
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A PERFECT SPY (320kbs-m4a/391mb/2hrs50mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th to 20th January 2021
When Magnus Pym disappears after his father's funeral MI6 launches an urgent manhunt to prevent his defection.
John le Carré's spy novel dramatised in three parts by Robert Forrest.
Director: Bruce Young
Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2017.
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A PERFECT SPY - 1. DISAPPEARANCE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th January 2021
'Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.'
So says Magnus Pym, the spy of the title; and he has betrayed a lot in his life - countries, friends and lovers.
Magnus Pym .... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jack Brotherhood .... Bill Paterson
Rick Pym .... Michael Maloney
Mary .... Ruth Gemmell
Lippsie .... Melody Grove
Syd Lemon .... Ewan Bailey
Sefton Boyd .... Tom Forrister
Nigel .... Gerard McDermott
Georgie .... Samara MacLaren
Fergus .... Tom Stuart
Peggy Wentworth .... Aoife McMahon
Other parts are played by the cast
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A PERFECT SPY - 2. A PERFECT MYSTERY (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 19th January 2021
Magnus Pym is on a search of his own to solve the central mystery of his life - what made him the perfect spy.
Magnus Pym .... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jack Brotherhood .... Bill Paterson
Axel .... Anton Lesser
Peggy Wentworth .... Aoife McMahon
Syd Lemon .... Ewan Bailey
Clerk .... Ewan Bailey
Kate .... Tracy Wiles
Tom .... Adam Thomas Wright
Sabina .... Sanchia McCormack
Nigel .... Gerard McDermott
Other parts are played by the cast
JOHN LE CARRÉ - A PERFECT SPY - 3. DECEPTION (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 20th January 2021
As the MI6 manhunt closes in on Magnus Pym he attempts to solve the mystery of what - or who - created his talent for deception.
Was it the betrayal and lies of his con man father, Rick? Or the man who recruited him to MI6 - Jack Brotherhood?
Or was it Axel, the Czech agent he has known since his teens? All of them have marked his life in some way.
Magnus Pym .... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Axel .... Anton Lesser
Jack Brotherhood .... Bill Paterson
Mary .... Ruth Gemmell
Rick Pym .... Michael Maloney
Kate/Marjory/Waitress .... Tracy Wiles
Georgie .... Samara MacLaren
Fergus .... Tom Stuart
Nigel .... Gerard McDermott
Caroline .... Aoife McMahon
Syd Lemon/Police Super .... Ewan Bailey
Tom Adam .... Thomas Wright
Other parts are played by the cast
THE COMPLETE SMILEY - CALL FOR THE DEAD (320kbs-m4a/198mb/1hr26mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th March 2019
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.
George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
Inspector Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham
Elsa Fennan ...... Eleanor Bron
Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
Maston ...... James Laurenson
Dieter Frey ...... Henry Goodman
Adam Starr/Mundt ...... Sam Dale
Ludo Oriel ...... Janice Acquah
Nursing Sister ...... Caroline Guthrie
With Benjamin Askew and Jonathan Tafler.
