Ashenden, Gentleman Spy

First broadcast from (?) to (?). (* = BBC7).

Based on Somerset Maugham's experiences during the first World War.

Abridged by Neville Teller.

 
 
EpisodeTitleRepeatedDescription
01'r'* 20071210, * 20071211, * 20080804, * 20080805Ashenden is recruited into the Secret Service by 'R', on an entirely 'non-attributable' basis.
02Miss King* 20071211, * 20071212, * 20080805, * 20080806Ashenden, evading the Swiss police, is called to the deathbed of Miss King, who has information she is desperate to impart.
03Giulia Lazzari* 20071212, * 20071213, * 20080806, * 20080807Determined to entrap a renowned traitor, Ashenden co-opts a dancer.
04The Traitor* 20071213, * 20071214, * 20080807, * 20080808Ashenden unearths a plot by the Germans to infiltrate an Englishman, Caypor, into England as a spy.
05 LASTMr Harrington's Washing* 20071214, * 20071215, * 20080808, * 20080809Ashenden encounters an American who refuses to defer to the Bolsheviks, with ugly consequences.