Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20100613 | 20100619 (R4) | Simon Russell Beale stars as the intelligence officer George Smiley and Patrick Malahide as Ned in a three-part dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel. Part 1: The Berlin Wall is down, the Cold War is over, but the world's second oldest profession is very much alive. Smiley accepts an invitation to dine at the Sarratt training school with the eager young men and women of the Circus' latest intake; and over coffee and brandy, by flickering firelight, he beguilingly offers them his personal thoughts on espionage past, present and future. In doing so, he prompts Ned, one of his former Circus colleagues and the pilgrim of the book's title, into a searching examination of his own eventful secret life. Bill Haydon - Michael Feast Toby Esterhase - Sam Dale Stephanie - Ruth Gemmell Ben Cavendish - Dan Stevens Personnel - Nigel Hastings Bella - Keely Beresford Producer Patrick Rayner This production concludes BBC Radio 4's major undertaking of dramatising all of the eight novels that feature the spymaster George Smiley, played throughout by Simon Russell Beale. Smiley dines at the Sarratt training school with the Circus's latest intake. |
| 02 | 20100620 | 20100626 (R4) | Simon Russell Beale stars as the intelligence officer George Smiley and Patrick Malahide as Ned in a three-part dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel The Berlin Wall is down, the Cold War is over. Smiley emerges from retirement to accept an invitation to dine at the Sarratt training school. Over coffee and brandy he beguilingly and provocatively offers the eager young men and women of the Circus' latest intake his thoughts on espionage past, present and future. In doing so, he prompts Ned, one of his former Circus colleagues and the pilgrim of the book's title, into a profound examination of his own eventful secret life. Part 2: Ned's search for meaning in his thirty-five year career as an intelligence officer takes him back to the killing fields of Cambodia and to a torturer's cellar in Gdansk. Colonel Jerzy - Alexander Morton Hansen - Angus Wright Saul Enderby - James Laurenson Rumbelow - Jamie Newall Henry - Paul Courtenay Hyu Marie - Alisa Anderson Aid Worker - Alison Pettitt Student - Angelo Paragoso Producer Patrick Rayner This production concludes BBC Radio 4's major undertaking of dramatising all of the eight novels that feature the spymaster George Smiley, played throughout by Simon Russell Beale. Ned continues to search for meaning in his 35-year career as an intelligence officer. |
| 03 | 20100627 | 20100703 (R4) | Simon Russell Beale stars as the intelligence officer George Smiley and Patrick Malahide as Ned in a three-part dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel The Berlin Wall is down, the Cold War is over. Smiley emerges from retirement to accept an invitation to dine at the Sarratt training school. Over coffee and brandy he beguilingly and provocatively offers the eager young men and women of the Circus' latest intake his thoughts on espionage past, present and future. In doing so, he prompts Ned, one of his former Circus colleagues and the pilgrim of the book's title, into a profound examination of his own eventful secret life. Part 3: Ned's routine vetting of a cypher clerk takes a remarkable turn, and George Smiley bids his final farewell. Ann - Anna Chancellor Frewin - Toby Jones Serg. Hawthorne - Sam Dale Ken Hawthorne - Michael Shelford Leonard Burr - Nigel Hastings Sir Anthony Bradshaw - Rupert Vansittart Producer Patrick Rayner This production concludes BBC Radio 4's major undertaking of dramatising all of the eight novels that feature the spymaster George Smiley, played throughout by Simon Russell Beale. Ned's routine vetting of a cypher clerk takes a remarkable turn. |