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The Other Side of Silence: 1: Moscow Encounter

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A serial in eight parts adapted by Ted Allbeury from his novel of the same name.
Burgess, Maclean and Philby are all names from the past but for John Powell one of them - Kim Philby - suddenly becomes a name to be reckoned with, here and now.

(Repeated. Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Adapted by:
Ted Allbeury
Director:
Christopher Venning
John Powell:
James Bolam
Kim Philby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Mr Fisher/Mr Daines:
Hugh Dickson
Deputy Speaker:
Lockwood West
Harold Macmillan:
David March
Richard Crossman/Anthony Nutting:
Nigel Anthony
Lt-Col Marcus Lipton:
Alan Dudley
Vanessa:
Lucinda Curtis
Lydia:
Karin Hensher
Ralph Gower:
David McAlister
Tom Farrow:
John Livesey
Source: Radio Times

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