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Thursday, 18 February 2016

Many Happy Returns to Len ....

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Today is Len Deighton's 87th birthday. On behalf of all the readers of this blog, and readers around the world who still enjoy all hi...
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Friday, 12 February 2016

"Thrilling tale of Nasty Nazis" ....

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... is a very Daily Mail headline sub-editor sort of way to say that they think SS-GB is going to be quite good! There's a nice piec...
Thursday, 21 January 2016

There's a bloody Spitfire in the Mall ....

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No royals were harmed in the production of this series Ah. It's only a prop from the exterior filming associated with the Sid Gentle...
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Saturday, 2 January 2016

The Ipcress File is seventh best spy movie of all time, say spooks ....

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"Only seventh? Who was sixth?" That's according to a Channel 4 programme from this evening - available online for a limite...
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Thursday, 24 December 2015

Merry Christmas to all the Deighton Dossier readers ...

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Not much fun on Christmas Eve Thank you to everyone who has visited the Deighton Dossier blog and website in 2015 - I wish you all a Mer...
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Sunday, 20 December 2015

Did Oh! What a Lovely War shape our view of WWI - the BBC investigates ....

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Very interesting piece up on the BBC's iWonder section of its website, linked to a piece about great British war films and their influ...
Saturday, 28 November 2015

Caine: "Ipcress File always my favourite ..."

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Michael Caine is out and about - this time in New Zealand - doing the promotional tour for the new he stars in, Youth . In this intervie...
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Friday, 30 October 2015

Battle of Britain ... images from a unique copy of the book

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Still a brilliant depiction of the battle A reader of this blog, [we'll call him RR], is one of the world's top Ian Fleming col...
Thursday, 15 October 2015

London filming starts soon on SS-GB ... with a surprise for residents

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The Holly Lodge Estate, near the Highgate Cemetery Very interesting little story in today's Evening Standard, here . The good burg...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Game, Set ... but not Match? A reader invites answers on perplexing questions about the Samson series

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Adrian Bailey's illustration for the Game, Set and Match series. Can you recognise each character? The Samson series of ten novels i...
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

More info on the coming SS-GB adaptation ...

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1980's paperback cover art ...courtesy of the Radio Times. In this piece online , the magazine confirms the appointment of Sam Ril...
Friday, 11 September 2015

Spies are cool again ... says the Guardian

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Great article in this week's Guardian newspaper about the fact that spies and agents are de riguer again in Television. TV critic M...
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Monday, 24 August 2015

James Bond is 85 tomorrow - happy birthday!

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That's Sean Connery, of course, who's 85th birthday is on 25 August. Great actor as Bond but also in so many other films that are ...
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Friday, 14 August 2015

Riley ... ace of spies

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News from the film world about the planned SS:GB film production, being written by Bond writers Neil Purvis and Robert Wade. Actor Sam R...
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Monday, 3 August 2015

Food for thought: Deighton on Radio 4 in August

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When last in London, Len Deighton recorded an interview with Radio 4, which will be broadcast at 1230h on 9 August. The theme is food he...
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