Ashenden The WWI Spy Work Of W. Somerset Maugham 2 DVD Set

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W. Somerset Maugham’s True-Life World War I Spy Experiences Told In Fiction Form To Permit Publication Under The British Official Secrets Act! The Complete 4 Part Television Drama Series Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In An Archival Quality 2 Disc All Regions Format DVD Set! (Color, 1991, 4 Episodes Of 46 Minutes Each.) #Ashenden #AshendenTVSeries #WSomersetMaugham #SomersetMaugham #WorldWarI #WWI #FirstWorldWar #Espionage #Spies #Fiction #Ashenden #TV #TVSeries #DVD


Contents:

PART ONE:

Episode One. The Dark Woman

Episode Two: The Traitor


PART TWO:

Episode Three: Mr. Harrington's Washing

Episode Four: The Hairless Mexican


Ashenden (TV Series) is a BBC1 four part TV series based on the 1927 spy novel, Ashenden: Or the British Agent, by W. Somerset Maugham, that aired from November 17 to December 8, 1991, directed by Christopher Morahan, with Alex Jennings in the title role, Joss Ackland as Cumming, Ian Bannen as 'R' and Jason Isaacs as Andrew Lehman. Guest actors included Harriet Walter as Giulia Lazzari in the first episode, Alan Bennett as Grantly Caypor in the second, Rene Auberjonois as John Quincy Harrington in the third, with Elizabeth McGovern as Aileen Sommerville and Alfred Molina as Carmona, the titular character, in the final story. A framing device at the start of each episode shows progressively more of an aged Ashenden living in France in the mid-1960s, reacting adversely to a piece of music on the radio. The final episode - which gives the context to this section - closes with a return to this "future" setting.