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First look at Matthew Macfadyen in new John le Carré BBC drama

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The Independent UK · Sep 29

Matthew Macfadyen takes on John le Carré’s George Smiley in preview of BBC drama

The 51-year-old will star as the intelligence officer in the upcoming BBC drama Legacy Of Spies

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Matthew Macfadyen embodies spymaster George Smiley in preview of Legacy Of Spies

The 51-year-old actor will star as the ordinary-looking but brilliant spymaster in upcoming BBC drama.

Evening Standard · Sep 28

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 25

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 4

Missing The Night Manager already? You have to watch this classic BBC le Carré adaptation

COMMENT: The 1979 series of ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ is on iPlayer at the moment and not to be missed, says Patrick Smith – it’s the purest expression of the author’s vision ever made

The Independent UK · Feb 3

The Night Manager returns: The best John le Carré adaptations of the past 25 years

The return of The Night Manager makes it the perfect time to revisit the big and small screen adaptations of author John le Carré’s works – with a special focus on the spy thrillers of the past 25 years.

Euronews · Jan 8

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Le Carré with a cocktail, not a cuppa: the glamour and escapism of The Night Manager

The second series of the Tom Hiddleston-fronted drama is first le Carré adaptation not based on author’s own work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold review: 'Propulsive, back-to-basics

4/5 John Le Carré’s classic Cold War novel is brought to the stage in thrillingly classic fashion

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025

Slow Horses season five: there’s comedy but also real spycraft – according to espionage expert

The fifth season of Slow Horses, Apple TV’s gripping spy drama based on Mick Herron’s novel London Rules, shines a light on opportunist politicians, media manipulation, radicalisation and moral panics. In doing so, Herron taps into the zeitgeist of Britain in 2025.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2025

Inside the meticulous, marvellous mind of John le Carré

IN FOCUS: A new exhibition opens up the spy writer’s sprawling literary archive to shed light on his idiosyncratic creative process. Katie Rosseinsky explores how he brought George Smiley and co to life

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Prince William tells Sir Gary Oldman he wants to ‘wash’ Slow Horses character

The star said he felt ‘emotional’ after accepting the honour from Prince William

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Gary Oldman reveals Prince William is a Slow Horses fan as star receives knighthood

The 67-year-old said he felt ‘very emotional’ after accepting the honour from William at Windsor Castle on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

‘Like an academic’: private papers reveal John le Carré’s attention to detail

Exclusive: Oxford’s Bodleian libraries to put archive items on display for first time, celebrating spy author’s ‘tradecraft’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

‘David Attenborough on a tenner’: Guardian readers’ ideas for new banknotes

Bank of England has asked public for views before first major redesign of banknotes in more than 50 years

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

New George Smiley novel will not be glamorous like Bond, says Nick Harkaway

The author’s father, John le Carre, wrote the original book series, which included Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager.

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2025

Ukraine war has reignited ‘cold war strategies’, says John le Carré’s son

Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End

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Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold to be staged in West End

After a sold-out production at Chichester Festival Theatre, the stage adaptation will run for 14 weeks in London from November.

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway audiobook review – a new Smiley from le Carré’s son

Perfectly emulating the tone of his father’s spy novels, this cold war tale also benefits from Simon Russell Beale’s impeccable reading

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Succession star Matthew Macfadyen to play George Smiley in fresh John le Carré adaptation

Actor will follow in the footsteps of Gary Oldman, Rupert Davis, Alec Guinness and Denholm Elliott

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2025

Matthew Macfadyen to play George Smiley in new John le Carré TV show

Succession star lined up to play the famous spymaster in Legacy of Spies, a new small-screen adaptation that will draw on several of le Carré’s bestselling books

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025

John le Carré’s archive saves his children a £1.5m tax bill as family expands his world on screen and page

The master of spy fiction’s archive officially classed as cultural heritage

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024

How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

THE READING LIST: Author Nick Harkaway has revitalised his father John le Carré’s most famous character in a new novel – can he make it work? Katie Rosseinsky explores how literary legacies became big business in publishing

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2024

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

Fictional spymaster George Smiley is back

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