The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas
BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
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Narrated by:
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full cast
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Simon Russell Beale
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John le Carré
About this listen
The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carré's best-selling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, thrilling spy novels. 'Call for the Dead' is the first Smiley novel, which sees him looking into an apparent suicide only to uncover a murderous conspiracy; 'A Murder of Quality' finds Smiley investigating a murder in a private school; 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' introduces Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters; 'The Looking Glass War' features former spy Fred Leiser, lured back from retirement to investigate a claim that Soviet missiles are being installed close to the West German border; 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is the first book in the Karla trilogy, and sees Smiley searching for a mole who has infiltrated the Circus; 'The Honourable Schoolboy' sees Smiley determined to destroy his nemesis, Karla, and his spy networks; 'Smiley's People' finds George Smiley called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past; and 'The Secret Pilgrim' sees Smiley invited to dine with the eager new recruits at the Circus. He offers them his thoughts on espionage and, in doing so, prompts a former colleague to re-examine his own eventful secret life.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-09-20
Classic Le Carre
The production is somewhat let down by the poor imitation foreign accents. The Honourable Schoolboy stands out in this regard but I suppose the casting is of its time and a more diverse cast would be employed these days. Otherwise these are brilliant. Simon Russell Beale IS George Smiley.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-21
Complete
The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas were brilliant.
A fantastic way to while away the hours driving my son to and from school.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-19
Superb
Casting, acting, production. Above all le Carre’s characters and plots.
Only the Murder of Quality is a duffer. The original. didn’t bother listening to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-11-17
Superb dramatisation of a superb writer
Wonderful quality - have already listened to this twice and am looking forward to a third outing!
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-18
Stunning
Absolutely brilliant. Don’t miss. I was engrossed throughout. Loved the books and the tv and movie - this is first rate
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-18
Fantastic
I love this dramatisation, words cannot express how much I enjoyed the stories, the characterisations and the presentation. I wish there were a further eight¡
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-19
outstanding
Wonderfully done. An absolute pleasure to listen to and a credit to a masterful storyteller.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-19
So Good!!!
I'm 25 years old and after watch the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy film with my dad, he told me I needed to read the whole series. The dramatisation does the books great justice. I listened to the whole series in less than 2 weeks.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-11-18
Perfect dramatisation
I really enjoyed the interconnected stories spread across decades, great performances, really consistent and engrossing.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-20
Excellent performance
I really enjoyed this performance of the Smiley series and I would highly recommend it
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