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The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization Audio CD – CD, 2 June 2016

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Publisher : BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House; Unabridged edition (2 June 2016)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1785293184
ISBN-13 : 978-1785293184
Dimensions : 13.97 x 3.56 x 13.97 cm

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A radio triumph...Simon Russell Beale's pitch-perfect master spy ― The Financial Times

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John Le Carré (real name David Cornwell) is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s he worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under a pen name. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, and it remains one of his best-known works. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author.

Le Carré established himself as a writer of espionage fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2011, he won the Goethe Medal, a yearly prize given by the Goethe Institute. [source: Wikipedia]

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Omar

Great collection.

Reviewed in Australia on 8 April 2019

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Best dramatisation of John Le Carre’s classics. High quality recordings and a pleasure to listen to...

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Clair

Excellent set of BBC radio plays on cds

Reviewed in Australia on 3 December 2020

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Great set of BBC radio plays on CD.

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Worcester Woman

Don't hesitate - buy!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2017

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This was an absolute treat from beginning to end. Like many people commenting on these audio versions, I had watched and loved the BBC version from the seventies, with Alec Guinness as Smiley. For me, Alec Guinness simply was Smiley and it was hard to fathom how any one else could take on that role.

However, once you accept you're not going to hear Alec Guiness, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett and the inimitable Beryl Reid, this series simply flies. In fact, I'd go so far as to say get over the fact it's not the 1979 cast, for Simon Russell Beale is a joy and a delight as Smiley and along the way, there are some stand-out peformances. Hugh Bonneville is a superb Gerry Westerby and the way in which Anne's presence is brought to bear over George through the excellent Anna Chancellor is simultaneously subtle and heart-aching. It's achieved in a way which reminds you just how wonderful radio drama, at its very best (as this is) can be.

Visually, nothing can replace the tv series, which so perfectly captured the misery, the meanness, the squalidness of it all and the utterly drab nature of Britain in the late 70s but this audio series is, in its own way, just as good. I have loved listening to the different books on long car journeys, it's like being re-united with old friends and I would recommend these wholeheartedly even though at £50 they are a bit of a luxury.

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Business Book Worm

21 Hours of Pure Joy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2014

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This is a brilliant collection of LaCarrie's work beautifully dramatised.This box has 21 hours of brilliant drama. Simon Russell Beale is George Smiley. If you have seen Sir Alec in the TV adaptations, you might think it difficult for Simon to fill George Smiley's shoes. You would be wrong. He is a very convincing Smiley. The Smiley Collection is:
Call for the Dead
A Murder of Quality
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
The Looking Glass War
Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
The Secret Pilgrim

I have arrived at my destination and waited in the car for an appropriate break, these drama's are so good.

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Richmonde

Patchy - good in parts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2016

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The early tales are riveting, Tinker Tailor, Smiley's People and Perfect Spy are standout. Secret Pilgrim is a dull selection of anecdotes set in the world of spies. Honourable Schoolboy is the disappointing one. Jerry Westerby seems a different character, and George Smiley just doesn't belong in Hong Kong, though the actress who plays Lizzie is very good and I love Simon Russel Beale's Smiley. Anne has moved back into Bywater Street and George observes her through the curtains of his own house - he has taken refuge in his office. It all seems very unlikely. Henry Goodman is excellent as Fiedler and Toby Esterhase in the earlier stories.

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david

A satisfying alternative to TV

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2020

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The dramatisations are absorbing and entertaining. This is the audio equivalent of the boxed set. Settle for the evening [possibly with a glass in hand] and enjoy the master storyteller at work. Simon Russell Beale makes an excellent audio Smiley - for me, Alec Guinness IS Smiley, but here we have a much wider range of stories to enjoy and Beale's voice hits the mark very effectively. A good purchase.

m f m

Great value

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2018

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Amazing production and series but that is well known
Purchasing for a few pounds second hand was a great deal

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