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- Call For The Dead | BBC RADIO DRAMA: Did Samuel Fennan commit suicide or was he murdered? The Department would like to think it was suicide, but Smiley is not inclined to sacrifice truth to political expediency. And he finds in Mendel a willing ally.
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by John Le Carre, adapted for radio in five parts by Rene Basilico.
Starring George Cole as George Smiley and Alfred Burke as Mendel with Douglas Blackwell as Peter Guillam and Richard Hurndall as Maston.
BBC World Service production
Author:
John Le Carre
Adapted for radio by:
Rene Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
George Smiley:
George Cole
Mendel:
And Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam:
Douglas Blackwell
Maston:
Richard Hurndall
Adam Scarr:
George Innes
Josie:
Jane Williams
First broadcast: Mon 9th Oct 1978, 22:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM 
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Call For The Dead | BBC RADIO DRAMA: Did Samuel Fennan commit suicide or was he murdered? The Department would like to think it was suicide, but Smiley is not inclined to sacrifice truth to political expediency. And he finds in Mendel a willing ally.
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BBC RADIO DRAMA💖
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by John Le Carre, adapted for radio in five parts by Rene Basilico.
Starring George Cole as George Smiley and Alfred Burke as Mendel with Douglas Blackwell as Peter Guillam and Richard Hurndall as Maston.
BBC World Service production
Author:
John Le Carre
Adapted for radio by:
Rene Basilico
Producer:
John Fawcett Wilson
George Smiley:
George Cole
Mendel:
And Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam:
Douglas Blackwell
Maston:
Richard Hurndall
Adam Scarr:
George Innes
Josie:
Jane Williams
First broadcast: Mon 9th Oct 1978, 22:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Loved the much under-rated George Cole as Smiley.
Untrue. Overused misplaced label.
It suprised me, just how good he was and how he fit right in, especially since Alex Guinness became the almost definitive Smiley. I loved the new (older) approach.
What a wonderful dramatisation of a (to me) hitherto unfamiliar John Le Carré novel. I love the clever crafting of the story, and the Carré-esque balance of idealism, pragmatism and regret. Also, I had no idea that George Cole was such a versatile actor. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you.
George Cole is a good Smiley!
The novel was an inauspicious introduction to the incomparable Smiley. Its sales were not originally very successful, but encouraged le Carre's publishers to produce a second little-known Smiley novel called 'A Murder of Quality' (equally worth finding in 2nd-hand bookshops). Small beginnings for a monumental saga. This BBC Radio version has many necessary deviations from the original plotline, but is superbly well done in the opinion of this lifelong espiophile.
Thank you! ❤️
I liked this a lot. Thanks
Love the John Le Carre George Smiley books, and the radio dramas. Haven't heard this one before with George Cole as George Smiley, I see it's from the 1970s. I will certainly enjoy it, thanks so much for uploading. 😊😊
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Neither have i. I saw the tv series with sir ALEC Guinness First time i heard this
Thank you! delighted to find this on the roto tonight
As much as I love George Cole anything with Alfred Burke is a joy to listen to.
George Cole not as convincing by a long shot as Guinness of course. Alfred Burke superb as always. Love his Public Eye series on TV (Talking Pictures) from the mid-70s.
George Cole brings out the class disadvantages Smiley faced within the Service more effectively than Alec Guinness did
A great story, thanks. 🏴
I'm gobsmacked by how much the lead sounds exactly like George Smiley AND Alec Guinness?
Thank you. This version is rare. I like this one more.
Strongly agree, .this one is better than the Simon Russel Beale version with the annoying voice of Ann. A pity Bernard Hepton did not had a go at it.
Thank you.
Thank you. This certainly adds colour on Mendel when I read the book again.
Excellent dramatisation. Enjoyed it thoroughly. ❤
Terrific, thank you.
Outstanding. Many Thanks.
First time I've heard this version. Excellent and good quality audio too. Thanks 👍
Simply brilliant no need to say anything else
Back when BBC broadcast the monarch's English and not Mockney.
I like him too, it sounds like he gives a bit of a tip of the hat to Alec Guinness
Very enjoyable.
Thank you so much ❤
Alex Guinness was the Smiley of my time. It is fascinating to be much closer to the actual time, with that more stiffer upper lip and hidden feelings. Ann makes far more sense in the days of compartmentalising feelings and appearances. And marriage because of marriage and spying being considered gentlemanly
This was filmed as The Deadly Affair with my favourite Smiley, James Mason, and my favourite Mendel, Harry Andrews.
Nicely done!
Love the Wimsey reference at the top
Neat. It was the last thing I listened to before this.
At the Belona Club?
How much they needed mobile phones those days ?!!😂
I do love Simon Russell Beale as George ❤
I thought it was going to be Simon Russell Beale when I saw the thumbnail, but this is a different production 😥
I love this story & Le Carré too, but this is an unfortunately flawed adaptation: Call for the Dead predates Spy Who Came in from the Cold - in which Mundt appears prominently - & both books are definitely predecimal currency. Cole is not my choice for Smiley, Guinness will always be unbeatable.
I’m loving this. Thank you
Loved it. Thank you
Good stuff.
Thanks, enjoyed this.
I really good yarn. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for the share.
You are so welcome! Thanks for listening! 😍😘💖💞💕
Very good. I really enjoyed it.
Really good, best one I've heard, thanks
Taxi - "£1.40, please guv."
These days it'd be more than that to pull out into traffic! 😂🚕
And fifty years before that it would have been a shilling.
George isn't Smiley, can't imagine him studying mediaeval German manuscripts 🌚
I do wish that these otherwise wonderful radio plays would stop having their actors chew or swallow right next to the microphone. Such an abhorrent noise!
So the director drops everything when someone drifts in to join the theatre club.
One of many super-weak plot features.
35min 15sec.
52min
52min…
How old is Elizabeth meant to be??!!
George Cole is the perfect Smiley. As is Bernard Hepton in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Much prefer their versions to the later much heralded versions starring Simon Russell Beale. All those silly pointless and unnecessary internal conversations with his estranged and absent wife. that add nothing to the plot.
BOOOM! Someone finally said it! 😂😂😂
Love it.🫵👍 Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you.