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 a spy fiction novel by John le Carré, loosely based on his own experience as a British intelligence officer. It tells the story of Magnus Pym, a double agent who betrays his country and his family for the Czechoslovak secret service.
- John Le Carré
- 1986
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.
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- 1987-11-04
- Thriller
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A Perfect Spy is a 1987 TV serial based on the spy thriller by John le Carré. It follows the life and career of Magnus Pym, a British MI6 agent who becomes a double agent for the Czechs.
Mar 12, 1986 · A novel about a British spy who disappears with the station's burn box and writes a book to reveal his secrets. Readers praise the book as a masterpiece of fiction, autobiography, and espionage, and share their ratings and comments.
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- 1986
- John Le Carré
- Paperback
Jul 20, 2011 · Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend—and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father’s death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms.
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- John le Carré
- John Le Carré
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...
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.
