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Ashenden: The Traitor

on BBC One London

Second in the four-part adaptation of Somerset Maugham's stylish First World War espionage stories, starring Alex Jennings, Joss Ackland, Ian Bannen, Alan Bennett, Anna Carteret

Based in Geneva, Ashenden is now accepted as a fully fledged agent, using his writing activities as a cover while running his network of spies. But there are complications when he gets caught up in the rivalry between his employers and one of his most valuable agents is brutally killed.
Screenplay David Pirie Producer Joe Knatchbull
Director Christopher Morahan
A Kelso production for BBCtv
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TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Jennings
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Unknown:
Ian Bannen
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Anna Carteret
Unknown:
David Pirie
Producer:
Joe Knatchbull
Director:
Christopher Morahan
John Ashenden:
Alex Jennings
Cumming:
Joss Ackland
R:
Ian Bannen
Grantly Caypor:
Alan Bennett
Anna Caypor:
Anna Carteret
Andrew Lehman:
Jason Isaacs
Baroness von Higgins:
Hilary Drake
Gomez:
Christopher Baines

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