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Alec Leamas is the tribunal’s key witness. Can he finally come in from the cold? Stars Colin Blakely.

It’s time for the tribunal. As the key witness, Alec Leamas is in sight of his goal.

Can he finally come in from the cold?

Starring Colin Blakely.

John le Carré’s Cold War espionage novel, first published in 1963.

Adapted by Rene Basilico.

Alec Leamas .... Colin Blakely
Fiedler .... David de Keyser
Karden .... Alfred Burke
Liz Gold .... Janet Maw
Mundt .... Wolf Kahler
President of the Tribunal .... Hannah Norbert
Fischer .... Norman Caro
Erich .... Guy Groen
First guard …. Peter Birch
Second guard …. Stuart Organ

Theme music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio in June 1986.

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