by JOHN LE CARRE dramatised by ARTHUR HOPCRAFT starring Peter Egan Alan Howard
Riidiger Weigang Jane Booker and Peggy Ashcroft
Last of seven episodes
'Mary, quite frankly, we cannot afford to lose him.
The last thing we want is to have him sitting in an English prison for the rest of his useful life, telling the authorities what he's been doing these 30 years and more. Nor do we particularly want him to write a book.'
Music composed by MICHAEL STOREY Producer COUN ROGERS Director PETER SMITH
('Two Loves', a celebration of Peggy Ashcroft 's 80th birthday is shown on Wednesday, BBC2. 8.10pm)
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