by John le Carre
Dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft
Also starring (in order of appearance) Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Michael Aldridge, Terence Rigby, Ian Richardson, Hywel Bennett, Patrick Stewart, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Ian Bannen, John Standing, Alexander Knox, Joss Ackland, Sian Phillips
A two-part version
'I still believe that the Secret Services are the only real expression of a nation's character. Until the mid-50s, I still had hopes... lingering loyalty to what we represented... sheer delusion, of course. We were already America's street-walkers.' (Gerald, the Mole)