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The Latest Breaking News from Len Deighton

An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show

Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

The Ipcress File Abandons Its Satirical Roots for Spy Thriller Hijinks

The drama is engaging, but fans of the book should prepare for a wildly different story.

Reason

The week in TV: The Ipcress File; The Witchfinder; Servant of the People; Writing With Fire

Joe Cole grows into the Michael Caine role in a timely remake of Len Deighton’s thriller; a 17th-century witch hunt is no laughing matter; and Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s comedy past makes for important, if uneasy viewing

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The Ipcress File review – a working-class hero takes on the might of Russia

ITV’s reboot of Len Deighton’s cold war spy thriller has Joe Cole as Harry Palmer sorting out the mess left by public school boys. Sound familiar?

The Guardian - UK

The Ipcress File review: Joe Cole makes an enjoyably cynical hero in this eerily timed spy saga

This new spin on Len Deighton’s Cold War classic is sharply scripted and looks great

Evening Standard

‘The threat of nuclear annihilation hasn’t gone away’ – the timely return of The Ipcress File

Screenwriter John Hodge talks about rebooting the cold war spy drama he was told was irrelevant, reveals how half a line of his Bond script made it into No Time to Die – and explains why there’ll be no more Trainspotting sequels

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