Name: A Perfect Spy
Released: 1987-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ray McAnally, Rudiger Weigang, Alan Howard

A Perfect Spy

TV Show · Drama

Peter Egan stars as Magnus Pym in a dramatisation of the John Le Carré novel about a top spy who goes missing. First broadcast on the BBC in 1987, A Perfect Spy is a painfully honest account of a father-and-son relationship and a brilliant study of a man’s infinite capacity for betrayal.

1987 · 55m

Starring Ray McAnally, Rudiger Weigang, Alan Howard

Director Peter Smith

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Peter Egan stars as a top spy who goes missing in this adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel.

55 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Magnus, sent on an errand to Switzerland, meets two men who will be important in his life as a spy as he finds himself recruited to observe politically active left-wing students.

53 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

In the years between 1953 and 1959, Magnus betrays his father Rick and renews his acquaintance with Axel.

55 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Pym finds himself being recruited by the British Foreign Office and sent to Europe on various secret assignments before he marries and forms a partnership with Axel.

53 min
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

With Magnus Pym working in Washington with Axel, the heads of British and US intelligence argue over his loyalty. As Jack Brotherhood doggedly defends him, Magnus finds sanctuary in a remote seaside town in England.

58 min
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

On hearing of Rick's death, Pym and Mary return to Vienna. Pym then rushes off to England but fails to return to Vienna as planned.

56 min