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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (Omnibus)

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.

Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Richard Hamilton

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Jun 202300:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Sep 201809:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 30 Sep 201820:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 25 Jun 202306:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 25 Jun 202311:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 25 Jun 202317:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 26 Jun 202300:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra