A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of John le Carre’s gripping tale of espionage and double dealing.‘You’re not to disturb, annoy or offend. They’re walking on a knife edge out there,...

Two seemingly unconnected events heralded the summons of George Smiley from his dubious retirement.The first was an old woman in Paris promised the return of a daughter she’ll never see and...

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley.It is 1962: the height of the Cold War and only...

Michael Jayston reads this classic spy thriller from bestselling author John le Carré: the first novel in the ‘Karla’ trilogy.Mr George Smiley is small, podgy and, at best, middle-aged. He...

Salvo is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine-year-old orphaned love-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman’s daughter. Inspired by his mentor he trains as a professional...

When a Russian émigré is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. What follows is Smiley the human being...

Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Seemingly by chance they bump...

The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carré’s bestselling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly...

Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest...

An unabridged reading by Michael Jayston of John le Carré's second Smiley novel.George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby,...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by John le Carré, starring James Fox, Harriet Walter and Julian Rhind-Tutt.Magnus Pym, Counsellor at the British Embassy, is...

Michael Jayston reads this compelling thriller from the master of the spy genre, John le Carré.Alec Leamas has ended his time in Berlin. Or his time has ended him. The last of his Eastern...

In this enthralling and thought-provoking story of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into ‘the theatre of the real’ by an Israeli intelligence...

Michael Jayston reads this captivating spy thriller from bestselling author John le Carré.George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service...The betrayals of a Soviet...

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatization of John le Carré’s last Smiley novel.'A radio triumph... Simon Russell Beale’s pitch-perfect master spy' - Financial...