A Perfect Spy

Julian Rhind-Tutt is Magnus Pym in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of John le Carré’s superb spy novel.

‘Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.’

So says Magnus Pym, the spy of the title; and he has betrayed a lot in his life – countries, friends, family and lovers. When Magnus disappears after his father’s funeral, MI6 launches an urgent manhunt to prevent his defection. But Pym is on a search of his own – to unravel the mystery of what made him the perfect spy.

Summer 2017 is going to be the Summer of Smiley with the publication of A Legacy of Spies and the return of George Smiley. With various promotions running across all of the Penguin and Penguin Classic channels there isn't a better time for the this new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation,