The BBC's new Le Carré is a masterful take on betrayal and loyalty in the 1970s. But it shows a world far removed from today's fanaticism On 23 October 1983 - almost exactly 35 years ago- a massive truck bomb destroyed a barracks in Beirut, killing 241 US servicemen. Later in the day, 58 French soldiers died in an almost identical attack in the city. The Little Drummer Girl, by John Le Carré, had been published seven months earlier to critical acclaim. The BBC adaptation, which starts on Sunda...
The BBC's new Le Carré is a masterful take on betrayal and loyalty in the 1970s. But it shows a world far removed from today's fanaticism On 23 October 1983 - almost exactly 35 years ago- a massive truck bomb destroyed a barracks in Beirut, killing 241 US servicemen. Later in the day, 58 French soldiers died in an almost identical attack in the city. The Little Drummer Girl, by John Le Carré, had been published seven months earlier to critical acclaim. The BBC adaptation, which starts on Sunda...
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