Len Deighton: The Man Behind Harry Palmer.
Unlike Ian Fleming's James Bond, Len Deighton's Harry Palmer is a fictional spy whose background and everyday life, ordinary people can relate to.
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- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsMichael CaineNigel GreenGuy DolemanIn London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsRichard AttenboroughDavid HemmingsAlexandra StewartA master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsMichael PetrovitchPhilip LathamDon FellowsA British spy is framed, so he must evade the KGB, the CIA and the British Intelligence to reach the the heart of the conspiracy in Arctic.
- StarsSam RileyJames CosmoRainer BockA British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineOscar HomolkaPaul HubschmidSent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsMichael CaineKarl MaldenEd BegleyBritish spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer stumbles upon an oil tycoon's plot to overthrow Communism using a supercomputer.
- DirectorGeorge MihalkaStarsAnatoly KulbitskyShaughan SeymourMichael CaineRetired British spy Harry Palmer is called back into service to prevent North Korea from getting its hands on a deadly virus called "The Red Death".
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsMichael CaineJason ConneryYuri LimontySpy-turned-detective Harry Palmer is tasked with recovering a consignment of stolen plutonium in Saint Petersburg.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettPaul Whitsun-JonesBillie WhitelawThis show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
- StarsJoe ColeLucy BoyntonTom HollanderAs the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
- DirectorAdrian BeanStarsTom BakerSamuel WestEmma ChambersBased on the classic novel by Len Deighton, Bomber tells the story of the bombing war in Europe through the prism of a single Bomber Command raid one night in 1943.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsWendy AllnuttColin FarrellMalcolm McFeeThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
- StarsRobin RayMelvyn BraggRichard BakerDocumentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.
- StarsIan HolmMichael CulverMichael DegenBernard Samson is a spy in the employ of S.I.S., London Central.
- StarsTom BakerJohn MillsLate night bedtime stories. Tom Baker reads a series of macabre stories about childhood, and John Mills reads war stories.
- DirectorMartin CaterStarsPhil CornwellThomas Cock
- StarsTerry WoganSue LawleyJoanna LumleyTerry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
- StarsLudovic KennedyJeremy PaxmanSarah DunantPresenter Ludovic Kennedy and three guests discuss the week's television, while there are also interviews with those responsible for making it. The series was later revived with Jeremy Paxman as the host.
- StarsDavid FrostGerri GrangerTiny TimAmerican show featuring the popular British talk show host.
- StarsJohn PitmanMichael DeanLucinda LambtonDocumentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.