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
TV series vs book
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
TV series vs book
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
TV series vs book
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.


Cover Her Face. Poster of the 1985 TV series and cover of the 1962 book
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Cover Her Face
P.D. James, 1962
TV series vs book
John Davies, 1985-

Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill.


Persuasion. Poster of the 1971 TV series and cover of the 1817 book
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Persuasion
Jane Austen, 1817
TV series vs book
Howard Baker, 1971

Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is thrown into company with Frederick, because his sister is Mrs. Croft. Frederick is now a rich and successful Captain, and a highly eligible bachelor.


Unnatural Causes. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1967 book
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Unnatural Causes
P.D. James, 1967
movie vs book
John Davies, 1993

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt’s cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long wind-swept walks, tea in front of the crackling wood fire and hot buttered toast, Dalgliesh was relishing the thought of a well-earned break.


Poldark. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1945 book, Ross Poldark
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Ross Poldark
Winston Graham, 1945
movie vs book
Richard Laxton, 1996

British officer Poldark returns to his native Cornwall after the Revolutionary War after escaping as a prisoner. He finds that because he was believed dead, his home has fallen into ruin and his estate has shifted to his mercenary uncle following the death of his father. His uncle has committed to selling the family copper and tin mines, while his former fiancée has agreed to marry his cousin in his absence.