Tag: BBC

Posts about drama or movies that were commissioned by or shown on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Book Review

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by John le Carré and published in 1974, is le Carré’s masterpiece, even better than The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….

London Spy: TV Series Review

London Spy, is a BBC spy thriller series about a man whose MI6-operative lover is murdered. It stars Ben Whishaw as Daniel, Edward Holcroft as Alex and Jim Broadbent as Scottie. London Spy: Logline In…

The Game: TV Series Review

The Game is a BBC spy thriller series set in 1970s London and focussing on MI5’s attempts to prevent a devastating KGB operation. It stars Tom Hughes as Joe Lambe, and Brian Cox as…

SS-GB: Book and Television Miniseries Review

SS-GB is a classic work of alternative history, set in a world where Nazi Germany invaded Great Britain in 1940. Written by Len Deighton and published in 1978, it’s…

Spies of Warsaw:
The True Story

Spies of Warsaw, based on the novel by Alan Furst and staring David Tennant as Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, Janet Montgomery as Anna Skarbek and Marcin Dorocinski as Antoni Pakulski is set in…

Restless Miniseries: The True Story

The Restless miniseries stars Hayley Atwell as Eva Delectorskaya, Rufus Sewell as Lucas Romer, Michelle Dockery as Ruth Gilmartin and Charlotte Rampling as an older Eva. William Boyd adapted…