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1. Disaffection

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4 Extra Debut. British MI6 recruits a disaffected KGB agent, who begins to pass secrets at the height of the Cold War. Read by Tim McInnerny.

Disaffection sets in for one of the KGB’s newest recruits. He's ready to turn double-agent for the British MI6.

Ben Macintyre's thrilling book tells the story of a KGB double-agent and plunges us into the Cold War’s underworld of espionage, duplicity and intrigue.

Read by Tim McInnerny.

Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Jun 202302:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

ReaderTim McInnerny
AuthorBen Macintyre
AbridgerRichard Hamilton
ProducerElizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Mon 24 Sep 201809:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 25 Sep 201800:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 19 Jun 202307:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 19 Jun 202312:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 19 Jun 202317:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 20 Jun 202302:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra