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
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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Fantastic Dramatisations
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If you are a fan of John Le Carré nothing needs to be said about the quality of the stories.
The delivery of those reading (performing) the audiobook is everything here, and the cast do a wonderful job of bringing these stories to life.
The extra bonus is the performance of Simon Russell Beale who sounds uncannily like Alec Guinness, the high watermark when it comes to George Smiley.
Totally recommended!
Excellent From Start to Finish
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Fabulous throughout
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I do not need to hear the vocal, over-exaggerated gulps - multiple in drinking every scene. Eventually started fast forwarding through those scenes to avoid.
Plots great, Cast/Narration otherwise fine.
Good narration: except for horrid prominent gulps
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A Great Listen For Quiet Moments
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