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All the books by John Le Carre adapted to cinema and television
George Smiley, at the request of his old wartime colleague Ailsa Brimley, investigates the murder of Stella Rode. Upon investigating, Smiley learns of many secrets that were kept by the victim, and one being that Terence Fielding, a house master at Carne, was being blackmailed by her due to past homosexual activities.
In a money laundering scheme, the Prince – head of the Russian Mafia – creates a new bank in London and has its financial oligarchs sign over their accounts to him. They bond over drinks and tennis before Dima invites the MacKendricks to his daughter’s birthday, where Dima gives Perry a USB drive linking corrupt British politicians and businessmen to the Russian mafia.
Bartholomew Barley Scott-Blair, the head of a British publishing firm, arrives in Moscow on business. At a writers’ retreat near Peredelkino, he speaks of an end to tensions with the West, heard by the mysterious Dante, who demands for Barley to promise to do the right thing if the opportunity arises.
Andy Osnard is an MI6 spy reassigned to Panama after having an affair in Madrid with the foreign minister’s mistress. His superior warns him of the corruption present in Panama, but Osnard views that as an opportunity. Consulting a list of British citizens residing in Panama, he meets Harry Pendel, the tailor to many of Panama’s elite, including the President.
Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad’s clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To neutralize Khalil, they first kidnap his brother who is on a lecture tour, speaking to audiences in a ski mask about the profound suffering and losses of Palestine under military occupation.
Polish defector Leiser is offered a chance of UK citizenship by MI6, but only if he agrees to undertake a highly dangerous espionage mission behind the iron curtain in East Germany. Leiser’s role is to replace an MI6 agent who has already been murdered, and to gather photographic intelligence on a covert East German rocket system.