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Spy!: 1: John Vassall

on BBC One London

by Ruth Carter
A series of six dramatised reconstructions of espionage stories.
Featuring John Normington as John Vassall
"Your duties here, Mr Vassall, should not be too exacting. Collecting keys, documents and so on, ...some security papers, so marked, are seen only by myself, for obvious reasons..." In 1954 a certain Admiralty clerk applied for a vacancy at the British Embassy in Moscow - and was selected.
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Contributors

Writer:
Ruth Carter
Series devised by:
Allan Prior
Film Editor:
Eric Brown
Film Cameraman:
Max Samett
Designer:
Andy Dimond
Executive Producer:
Anthony Isaacs
Producer:
Frank Cox
Director:
Ben Rea
John Vassall:
John Normington
Joxe:
Paul Bacon
Airline steward:
Hugh Lund
Registry clerk:
Janette Legge
Captain Bennett:
John Nettleton
Mikhailski:
Christopher Benjamin
Military attaché:
Richard Mayes
Lady Hayter:
Sheila Beckett
Miles:
Andrew MacLachlan
Skier:
Ben Aris
Russians:
Nicolas Chagrin
Russians:
Alexei Jawdokimov
Rosalind:
Judith Lee
Sergei:
Alan Hunter
Ivan:
Clive Hornby
KGB interrogator:
John Abineri
KGB:
Yuri Borienko
KGB:
John Baker
Security clerk:
Victor Langley
Gregory:
Kevin Stoney
Sherwood:
Dennis Edwards
Narrator:
Alexander John

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