Peter Egan
Magnus Pym
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A Perfect Spy
1987
- 1987 · Drama · 1 season
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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: With Ray McAnally, Rüdiger Weigang, Alan Howard, Peter Egan. 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, Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage.
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- 1987-11-04
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A Perfect Spytraces the life story of Magnus Pym and his career in British intelligence and as a double agent. The series recounts Pym's childhood with his con-man father, his early years at school and university, his encounters with long-time friend and Czech spy Axel, and his final downfall.
Jonathan and Nicholas Haley as Child Magnus Pym (episode 1)John J. O'Connor of The New York Times cited the series as "on a par with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People,", and wrote it "makes another very impressive addition to the television record of Le Carre explorations. Gloomy and disturbing, to be sure, but singularly absorbing."
The series was nominated for five BAFTA Awards in 1988, for Drama Series (Colin Rogers, Peter Smith), Ray McAnally for Actor, Michael Storey for Original Music and Television Craft for Film Cameraman (Elmer Cossey) and Film Sound (Malcolm Webberley, Ken Hains, Tony Quinn, Graham Lawrence, John Hyde). After airing in the United States on Masterpiece...
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 (55 mins) Start...
A Perfect Spy (TV Mini Series 1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
1987. Topics. John le Carré, BBC, A Perfect Spy, TV. "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 the novel are lifted from the real life of the author, including the relationship between the protagonist, Magnus Pym, and his ...
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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.
Home. Episodes. All. Available now (7) Next on (0) Episode 7. 7/7 Brotherhood and his agents search the Vienna house for clues to Pym's disappearance. Episode 6. 6/7 On hearing of Rick's death, Pym...
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