Len Deighton (Writing)
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Works
The Ipcress File
As 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.
Release Date:2022-03-06
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:58
SS-GB
Adapted from Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel. A British detective investigates a murder in German-occupied Britain during World War II.
Release Date:2017-02-19
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:61
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.
Release Date:1996-10-17
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:28
Bullet to Beijing
When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.
Release Date:1995-12-20
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:31
Game, Set, and Match
Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.
Release Date:1988-10-03
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:13
Vote Count:4
The Case of Sherlock Holmes
Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.
Release Date:1987-12-10
Character:Self
Wogan
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.
Release Date:1982-05-04
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:6
Spy Story
A nuclear war specialist returns from a mission gathering data on Soviet communications and electronic warfare techniques in the Arctic Ocean to find that his flat has been broken into and mysteriously re-decorated.
Release Date:1976-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:2
Oh! What a Lovely War
The 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.
Release Date:1969-03-10
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:44
Only When I Larf
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Release Date:1968-05-27
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:4
Billion Dollar Brain
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Release Date:1967-11-02
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:99
Funeral in Berlin
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
Release Date:1966-12-22
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:138
The Ipcress File
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
Release Date:1965-03-18
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:299
Long Past Glory
Two aging, shabby men inhabit a decaying sewer pumping station. They live by stealing things, including beds, a piano and a gramophone.They're joined by a younger man who disrupts their dreary small talk with angry, upsetting arguments.
Release Date:1963-11-17
Department:Writing
Job:Writer