Episode Five
Major Fawley attempts to recruit Marian back into the secret service. Read by Peter Firth.
Marian discovers a disturbing truth about her brother Ned. Meanwhile, Major Fawley attempts to recruit her back into the secret service.
A tale of love, betrayal and espionage as the political alliances forged during the Second World War give way to the moral uncertainties of the Cold War.
Marian Sutro is a highly successful British SOE operative working with the French Resistance. Then she is betrayed and imprisoned in RavensbrΓΌck by the Nazis.
Returning to England a broken woman, she attempts to immerse herself in a normal life with a mundane job in London. However, the lure of the secret service and her desire to work for the greater good is never far away.
As the Americans test ever more deadly atomic weapons and the Russians join the frantic race to match them, Marian finds herself in demand by all sides with no moral compass to guide her.
She must walk an increasingly precarious tightrope between her beliefs, her profession and her desires.
Reader: Peter Firth
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producer: Rosalynd Ward
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First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2011.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Peter Firth |
| Author | Simon Mawer |
| Abridger | Jeremy Osborne |
| Producer | Rosalynd Ward |
Broadcasts
Fri 28 Aug 2015 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 9 Mar 2019 02:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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