Michael Jayston reads this tense spy thriller from bestselling author John le Carré.It is the third summer of perestroika. Niki Landau, philanderer and travelling rep, attends the first Moscow...

Michael Jayston reads this thrilling story of espionage, deceit and betrayal, from bestselling author John le Carré.Once, the distinctions were clear: the Circus handled all things political...

Tom Baker stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of John le Carré’s powerful thriller.In the third year of perestroika, London publisher Barley Blair is sent a manuscript from...

An unabridged reading by Michael Jayston of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley.George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised...

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...

The missing man: Harting, a Junior Something in the British Embassy in Bonn. The missing files: forty-three of them, all confidential or above. The timing: appalling and probably not...

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...

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...