BBC Radio - The Russia House (1994) (2011 AudioGO Ltd UK) - John le Carré Audiobook

Written by John le Carré
Read by Various
Format: FLAC
Dramatization

BBC Radio - John le Carré - The Russia House (1994) (2011 AudioGO Ltd UK)

Tom Baker stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of John le Carré’s powerful thriller.

In the third year of perestroika, London publisher Barley Blair is sent a manuscript from Moscow. Exposing Russian nuclear threats as a sham, the information - if it’s genuine - could shatter East-West relations. Jazz-loving, hard-drinking Blair is hardly the spymasters’ idea of the perfect agent, yet they are forced to send him to Moscow to make contact.

But the Cold War thaws when Barley meets Katya, the beautiful Russian intermediary who is equally sceptical of state ideology. Mere pawns in a deadly game of international espionage, they nevertheless represent the breakdown of hostilities and a future which poses a huge threat to the entrenched professionals on both sides…

Both a gripping spy saga and a poignant love story, The Russia House delivers all the excitement and tension expected from the master of espionage fiction.

CAST:

Tom Baker – Barley Blair
Danny Webb – Niki Landau
Valentina Yakunina – Yekaterina Orlova (Katya)
Simon Roberts – Wellow
David Howarth – Merridew
John Rowe – Ned
Michael Turner – Harry
John Webb – Walter
Pip Torrens – Clive
Bruce Boa – Bob
David Bannerman – Wicklow
Constantine Gregory – Zapadny
Eric Meyers – Cy
Geoffrey McGivern – O’Mara
Paul Brooke – Wintle
Christopher Fulford – Paddy
Boris Isarov – Goethe
David Healy – Russell Sheriton
Ed Bishop - Brady

First broadcast:
July 20, 1994

Last broadcast:
August 31, 1994

This BBC Radio 4 adaptation was dramatised by René Basilico.

TRACKS:

01 - Part 1 of 4
02 - Part 2 of 4
03 - Part 3 of 4
04 - Part 4 of 4

Ripped from the original CD’s using Exact Audio Copy (secure mode) and converted to FLAC8 using dBpoweramp.