Peter Egan
Magnus Pym
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- 1. S1 E1 Nov 4, 1987
- A Perfect Spy traces the rise and fall of Magnus Pym and his career through intelligence. From chance meetings with people will be important to him in the future to a life in Czechoslovakia, Washington and finally on the run in England Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage. Where no-one is safe from betrayal, not even his father.
- 2. S1 E2 Nov 11, 1987
- Pym attends school in Switzerland, where he is recruited to observe politically active students.
- 3. S1 E3 Nov 18, 1987
- Pym helps ruin his father's political ambitions, then joins the army, where he meets an old friend.
A Perfect Spy is the life story of Magnus Pym, a British intelligence officer and double agent. The book opens in Vienna where Magnus is ostensibly a diplomat and also a spy, living with his wife Mary who assists with diplomatic matters and their son Tom.
A Perfect Spy traces the rise and fall of Magnus Pym and his career through intelligence. From chance meetings with people will be important to him in the future to a life in Czechoslovakia, Washington and finally on the run in England Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage.
A Perfect Spy is a BBC serial adaptation of John le Carré's 1986 spy novel A Perfect Spy which was aired on BBC2 and broadcast from 4 November to 16 December 1987. It follows the career of the British MI6 spy Magnus Pym from his early days as a schoolboy to his eventual disappearance as a suspected agent of the Czech secret service.
Mar 12, 1986 · A Perfect Spy is a breathtaking act of catharsis, warm and funny, wry and rueful, unexpectedly, nakedly human. Instead of burying his painful past, Mr. Le Carre illuminates it for us as a masterpiece of fiction.
A Perfect Spy (1986) is a novel by British author John le Carré about the mental and moral dissolution of a high-level intelligence-officer. Major aspects of...
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Jul 20, 2011 · In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
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A Perfect Spy. Born into espionage - the deadly deceptions of the life of a double agent in the Cold War. A classic John le Carré adaptation starring Peter Egan.
Episode 1. 1/7 A young Magnus leaves his troubled family behind to face the trials of boarding school. Similar programmes. By genre: Drama > Thriller. All episodes of A Perfect Spy.
John le Carré’s “A Perfect Spy” is widely regarded as one of the author’s most intricate and compelling works. Published in 1986, this espionage novel delves deep into the world of spies, double agents, and the complex relationships that exist within the intelligence community.
