Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes Spies (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary

Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes

Spies (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

Andrew discusses the major conventions of the spy novel, looking at the development of the genre through a series of authors, many of whom are mysterious characters in their own right.

Director

Matthew Thomas

Producer

Matthew Thomas

Editor

Dilesh Korya

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Release date

Oct 31, 2016 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Andrew Marr Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Philip Perry Self - Reader (voice) Self - Reader (voice) See fewer	Made in Dagenham (2010)
John le Carré Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Constant Gardener (2005)
Stella Rimington Self Self See fewer	Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016)
W. Somerset Maugham Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Quartet (1948)
Eric Ambler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night to Remember (1958)
Aly Monroe Self Self See fewer	Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016)
Ian Fleming Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Casino Royale (2006)
William Boyd Self Self See fewer	The Trench (1999)
Markus Wolf Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ispoved' razvedchika (1990)
Len Deighton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ipcress File (1965)
Frederick Forsyth Self Self See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Graham Greene Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	The Fallen Idol (1948)
Gerald Seymour Self Self See fewer	The Informant (1997)
Charles Cumming Self Self See fewer	Plane (2023)
Francesco Rochira Hairless Mexican (uncredited) Hairless Mexican (uncredited) See fewer	Ravers (2018)