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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Amanda Donohoe

Amanda Donohoe appears in Game, Set, and Match, the television adaptation of the book by Len Deighton Berlin Game, first published in 1983.
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Game, Set, and Match. Poster of the 1988 TV series and cover of the 1983 book, Berlin Game
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Berlin Game
Len Deighton, 1983
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Game, Set, and Match
Ken Grieve, Patrick Lau, 1988-

The series focuses on Bernard Samson, 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 to defect, using his childhood friend Werner Volkmann’s wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

Game, Set, and Match. Poster of the 1988 TV series and cover of the 1985 book, London Match
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London Match
Len Deighton, 1985
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Game, Set, and Match
Ken Grieve, Patrick Lau, 1988-

The series focuses on Bernard Samson, 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 to defect, using his childhood friend Werner Volkmann’s wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

Game, Set, and Match. Poster of the 1988 TV series and cover of the 1985 book, Mexico Set
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Mexico Set
Len Deighton, 1985
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Game, Set, and Match
Ken Grieve, Patrick Lau, 1988-

The series focuses on Bernard Samson, 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 to defect, using his childhood friend Werner Volkmann’s wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

The Madness of King George. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1992 book, The Madness of George III
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The Madness of George III
Alan Bennett, 1992
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The Madness of King George
Nicholas Hytner, 1994

Nearly 30 years into his reign, in 1788, King Goerge III is once more getting ready for the opening of Parliament. Queen Charlotte balances her responsibilities as a loving wife and a mother to their 15 children deftly. Nevertheless, despite the façade of outward respectability, something is drastically wrong inside Windsor Castle. The King is acting in an increasingly insane manner; he babbles nonstop, hurls insults, and attacks Lady Pembroke, the Queen’s Mistress of Robes.

Lucky Day. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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Lucky Day
Mary Higgins Clark, 1986
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Lucky Day
Penelope Buitenhuis, 2002

Bill Regan is killed after winning the lotto. Bill’s close friend Nora looks at the final few hours before his death. As she retraces Bill’s steps from the day of his disappearance, the intriguing mystery is filled with plot twists and several suspects.