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Call for the Dead (Dramatised)

By: John le Carré
Narrated by: Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Anna Chancellor
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About this listen

 Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley.

This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself soon after making a cup of cocoa and asking the exchange to telephone him in the morning, Smiley decides to investigate - only to uncover a murderous conspiracy with its roots in his own secret wartime past.

Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, and Anna Chancellor, this tense, thrilling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's masterful début novel.

©2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Amateur Sleuths Classics Espionage Mystery Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Detective Fiction Adaptation Exciting

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A truly skilled rendition with really talented actors of an incredible spycraft novel by the timeless John LeCarre

Amazing, chilling

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A great adaptation of a great story. Perfectly casted. If you have read any Le Carre or seen the television series with Alec Guinness you would do well to give this a listen.

Brilliant

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an unmissable radio experience that takes you through the world of cold War espionage in fantastic fashion and intrigue. dramatised radio at its very best.

mesmerising

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this is not the unabridged novel, it is an abridged audio dramatisation. Bit misleading, really.

warning: this is not the unabridged novel

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This is an excellent bbc drama. The cast is good. And the story is entertaining.

Very good

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