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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre: Episode 1: 1. Disaffection

The Spy and the Traitor

Episode 1

Episode 1: 1. Disaffection

The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

1. Disaffection

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Ben Macintyre’s book about the Cold War and a KGB double agent

4 Extra Debut. British MI6 recruits a disaffected KGB agent, who begins to pass secrets at the height of the Cold War. Read by Tim McInnerny.

Disaffection sets in for one of the KGB’s newest recruits. He's ready to turn double-agent for the British MI6.   

Ben Macintyre's thrilling book tells the story of a KGB double-agent and plunges us into the Cold War’s underworld of espionage, duplicity and intrigue. 

Read by Tim McInnerny.  

Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton.  

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.

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Ben Macintyre's book tells the story of a KGB double agent at the height of the Cold War.

Ben Macintyre's thrilling book tells the story of a KGB double agent at the height of the Cold War. Tim McInnerny reads.

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