, and like george smiley, john le carre had been a smile that a spy.ad been fascinated by lies and duplicity since childhood and first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland and then at 0xford spied on left wing contemporary. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it was really as if my whole of my life had prepared me for the moment. display came in from the cold, later filmed with richard burton wasjohn le carre's breakthrough novel, written while he was working for mi6 at the british embassy in bonn when the berlin wall went up. the author stephen king tweeted: agent of 15 yea rs, king tweeted: agent of 15 years, johnny geller wrote: his work did define the cold war era but his first post—cold war era but his first post—cold war novel... the night manager. with another bestseller and hit tv adaptation 20 years later where the author played every cameo. but it was his final will still be most for and believed authors and spies had much in common, both hiding their real selves in characters of their own

re—shaped their idea of cold war espionage through characters like his most famous, spy master george smileydemocracy, george? greed. and constipation. nothing is as it seems in tinker tailor soldier spy.|j constipation. nothing is as it seems in tinker tailor soldier spy. i hate america very deeply. the economic repression of the masses. institutionalised. john le carre's literary masterpiece is set in a secret world of spies, lies and double—crossing double agents. secret world of spies, lies and double-crossing double agents. he is right about the state of affairs down there. slovenly. the story revolves around the wise and wily george smiley. his supremely intelligent intelligence officer. you might call it balancing the books. david cornwell was still working for mi6 in the early 1960s when he started writing his slogans spy when he started writing his slogans spy cirrus, hence the need for a pen name. he named himselfjohn le carre, once again under cover. he said it was a guide into the secret world of espionage which started when spying on his fellow students at oxford university. wha

his best known creation was the quiet and unassuming spy, george smiley.ello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm shaun ley. do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. so near, yet so far. after an intense weekend of negotiations about the post—brexit trade deal came to nothing, britains borisjohnson and the eu's ursula von der leyen spoke on the phone and announced they would "go the extra mile" to try to find a solution. the two sides had said sunday was the deadline for a decision on whether to continue. on monday, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier will brief eu ambassadors and the eu parliament on what progress he has made. our political correspondent iain watson has this report. are there still barriers in the way of a trade deal with brussels? today the latest deadline was discarded. but the prime minister says some distance still remains between the two sides. as things stand, i'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things. but where there's life, there's hope. we ar

mastered the language characteristic that he passed on to his most famous fictional character george smiley and even a few years ago too in 2011 john kerry won the good to metal for contributions to the german language and for furthering understanding between nations so it's quite appropriate that i speak you. from here from bonn a city that was very very close to john kerry's heart so how would you describe his literary legacy. yeah i think the best way is to compare maybe to fleming the creator of james von fleming's view of spy craft was sort of sexy exciting and james bond was sort of our rah rah cheerleader for british imperialism kerry's view was very very different he was a very much more morally ambiguous in his books and his character george smiley for example is sort of the anti james bond he's a short fat bookish type who's who's always conflicted about what he's doing and i think. kerry's legacy is almost an alternative narrative of the cold war where the winners of the cold war that britain american particular are not necessarily the morally superior groups and that the ends do

mastered the language characteristic that he passed on to his most famous fictional character george smileyand even a few years ago too in 2011. kerry won the good to metal for contributions to the german language and for furthering understanding between nations so it's quite appropriate that i speak to you. from here from boston a city that was very very close to john kerry's heart so how would you describe his literary legacy. yeah i think the best way is to compare maybe to fleming the creator of james von fleming's view of spy craft was sort of sexy exciting and james bond was sort of a rah rah cheerleader for british imperialism kerry's view was very very different he was a very much more morally ambiguous in his books and his character george smiley for example is sort of the anti james bond he's a short fat bookish type who's who's always conflicted about what he's doing and i think. carries legacy is almost an alternative narrative of the cold war where the winners of the cold war that britain american particular are not near necessarily the morally superior groups and that the ends

the truth, as george smiley knew only too well, is elusive.re, and for smiley, can you imagine what he thinks about trump? john le carre was an exceptional storyteller whose spy thrillers will be read for generations to come. he was also an astute chronicler of temporary and in politics, a man who cared deeply about the state of the world. his dark characters reflected what he saw, but not necessarily the man himself, whom friends described as being warm and moral, with a barely concealed romantic streak. let's bring you some live pictures now from lansing in michigan, where the state's electors are meeting. michigan's16 electors will vote for joe biden and kamala harris. bear in mind this is part of the broader electoral college process for each state in its electors cast their vote according to which candidates took the majority of votes on election day five days back. see you soon. goodbye. hello, good evening. there was some sunshine to be had today if you managed to dodge the downpours. we had plenty of hefty showers, even some longer spe

i think he knew he had stumbled on his greatest character with george smiley. write layers upon layers on this character. i do think that when he was immersed in the story he was writing, smiley disappeared and he wrote that story. the constant gardener does not have smiley in it. the most recent novel doesn't. but i think you did in his mind see that as the running theme of his work. we will miss him. thank you very much forjoining us. i must have read tinker, tailor, soldier, spy have read tinker, tailor, soldier, spy at least half a dozen times. what i have never seen the constant gardener so i will go and watch it. iama gardener so i will go and watch it. i am a george smiley die—hard. there was some sunshine to be had today... hello. there was sunshine to be had today if you managed to dodge the downpours. there were plenty of hefty showers around, more rain in the forecast for the rest of the week. it will often be windy, but it will be mild. we've had some persistent rain moving across parts of eastern and southeastern england. that will tend to clear. t

alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley.as shy, wasjohn le carre's most enduring and celebrated creation. please, i don't deserve this. who gave the message forjim prideaux to forget about tinker tailor? a 2011 film of tinker tailor won multiple 0scar nominations, including one for gary 0ldman's portrayal of the retired intelligence chief. you're just the messenger. running between them all. like smiley, le carre was something of an outsider, and like smiley he'd been a spy. he had been fascinated by lies and duplicity since childhood. his mother walked out when he was five, his father a conman who had affairs with a string of women. he was first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland, then at oxford he spied on left—wing contemporaries. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it really was as if the whole of my life had prepared me for this moment. it was entering the priesthood. the spy who came in from the cold, later filmed with richard burton, was le carre's breakthrough n

realize that europe is a hole and he's a european and that it put those words in his great character george smiley to to to make that point and i think with trump i mean it it's not a far stretch for europeans to look puzzled trump is a man populism and in a way hopefully that is now over but i think that if it was very very worried about the british. growing sense of isolationism of this idea of retreat to a path that apps never existed in fact it's a path that he he kind of lampoon i mean a lot of his novels were were almost comic novels they were about craft system they were about mistakes made at highest levels of spying you know and. i think his feeling more was that we were getting somewhere and then we were going to push back and he really wants to resist i've got 20 seconds for you mr geller i know that you were the mr le carre's. you losing a mentor what was the most valuable lesson that you learned from him. that's a good question i think right to. save your life i think the fact that he carried on when i 1st met him he was in his seventy's and he said to me this is the last novel we'll

realize that europe is a hole and he's a european and that it put those words in his great character george smileyto to to make up point and i think with trump i mean it it's not a far stretch for europeans to look puzzled trump is a man populism and in a way hopefully that is now over but i think david was very very worried about the british. growing sense of isolationism of this idea of retreat to a cause that app's never existed in fact it's a past that he he kind of lampoon i mean a lot of his novels were were almost comic novels they were about craft system they were about mistakes made at the highest levels of spying you know and. i think his feeling was that we were getting somewhere and then we being pushed back and he really wants to resist i've got 20 seconds for you mr geller i know that you were the mr le carre's did you losing a mentor what was the most valuable lesson that you learned from him. that's a good question i think right to. save your life i think the fact that he carried on when i 1st met him he was in his seventy's and he said to me this is the last normal will never writ

alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley., wasjohn le carre's most enduring and celebrated creation. please, i don't deserve this. who gave the message forjim prideaux to forget about tinker tailor? a 2011 film of tinker tailor won multiple 0scar nominations, including one for gary 0ldman's portrayal of the retired intelligence chief. you're just the messenger. running between them all. like smiley, le carre was something of an outsider, and like smiley he'd been a spy. he had been fascinated by lies and duplicity since childhood. his mother walked out when he was five, his father a conman who had affairs with a string of women. he was first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland, then at oxford he spied on left—wing contemporaries. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it really was as if the whole of my life had prepared me for this moment. it was entering the priesthood. the spy who came in from the cold, later filmed with richard burton, was le carre's breakthrough novel.

language and he studied german and he gave that trade on to one of his most famous characters george smiley and various of his novels even the fact that a few years ago he received the good medal for contributions to the german language and for international cooperation so i think it's particularly appropriate speaking about john le carre from from this town and ball on where he had which he had great affection for how would you describe his literary legacy. yeah i think margaret atwood put it best when she said. kerry's works are key to understanding the 2nd half of the 20th century i mean he basically gave an alternative history to the of the cold war turned of narrative he instead of looking at the the victors of the cold of the world war 2 as being the great heroes and the moral heroes of the 2nd half of the 20th century he questioned their moral actions and he really looked at the gap between the lofty rhetoric that came out of the 2nd world war with britain and america talking about freedom and democracy and looked at sort of the the grob reality of what these powers did in their espi

close connection to germany he studied the german language and one of the most famous characters george smiley also was a german literary scholar in fact just a few years ago 2011 john kerry received the the good medal for services to the german language and to international understanding so i think it's quite appropriate that i'm talking to you from from from bonn where where john kerry was at home. how would you describe his literary legacy. i think in some ways you could look at john kerry's books and then all of the films and t.v. series that were made of them as almost an alternative history of the cold war i mean he really looked behind the curtain and behind the rhetoric of the of the great powers particularly britain after. who took over after the 2nd world war and and carried out espionage around the world and was incredibly critical of the methods and the actions undertaken in the name of freedom and in the name of democracy completely different than for example to ian fleming the author of the james von novels legends ball and a sort of a sexy jingle sort of british rock cheerleader

that europe is a hole and he's a european and that it put those words in his greatest character george smiley to to to make that point and i think with trump i mean it it's not a far stretch for europeans to look puzzled trump is a man populism and in a way hopefully that is now over but i think david was very very worried about the british. growing sense of isolationism of this idea of retreat to a path that apps never existed in fact is a path that he he kind of lampoon i mean a lot of his novels were were almost comic novels they were about craft system they were about mistakes made at highest levels of spying you know and. i think his feeling was that we were getting somewhere and then we were going to push back and he really wants to resist i've got 20 seconds for you mr geller i know that you were the mr le carre's de mint you losing a mentor what was the most valuable lesson that you learned from him. that's a good question i think right to. save your life i think the fact that he carried on when i 1st met him he was in his seventy's and he said to me this is the last normal will never

not position the world, you're a's position the world, and this absolutely open future and for george smileyn you imagine what he thinks about trump? john le carre was an exceptional storyteller whose spy was an exceptional storyteller whose spy thrillers will be read for generations to come. he was also an astute chronicle of temporary life in politics, a man who cared deeply about the state of the world. his dark character is reflected what he saw but not necessarily the man himself whom friends described as being warm and tomorrow with a barely concealed romantic streak. john le carre, who died yesterday. at the age of 89. let's have a look at the weather. thank you very much. good afternoon. a decidedly un—settled flavour to the weather this week. no shortage of rain in the forecast at times but not all the time. it will often be windy and mild. i mention rain at times but not all of the time. have a look at the beautiful skies overhead in the scottish highlands early on. there is sunshine at the moment. this is the satellite and radar picture. we have had sunshine across eastern england

language i mean he studied german and he gave that trade on to one of his most famous characters george smiley and various of his novels even the fact that a few years ago he received a good medal for contributions to the german language and for international cooperation so i think it's particularly appropriate that speaking about john le carre from from this town in ball on where he had which he had great affection for how would you describe his literary legacy. you know i think margaret atwood put it best when she said. carrie's works are key to understanding the 2nd half of the 20th century i mean he basically gave an alternative history to the of the cold war turned of narrative he instead of looking at the the victors of the cold of the world war 2 as being the great heroes and the moral heroes of the 2nd half of the 20th century he questioned their moral actions and he really looked at the gap between the lofty rhetoric that came out of the 2nd world war with britain and america talking about freedom and democracy and looked at sort of the the grubby reality of what these powers did in t

alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley. een a spy. david cornwell, his real name, had been fascinated by lies and duplicity since childhood. he was first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland. then, at oxford, he spied on left—wing contemporaries. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it really was as if the whole of my life had prepared me for this moment. the spy who came in from the cold, laterfilmed with richard burton, was le carre's breakthrough novel, written while he was working for mi6 at the british embassy in bonn, when the berlin wall went up. the author stephen king tweeted: his agent of 15 years, jonny geller, wrote: his work did define the cold war era, but his first post—cold war novel... the night manager. ..was another bestseller and a hit tv adaptation, 20 years later, in which the author played a rare cameo. but it was his spy novels he will be most remembered for. he believed authors and spies had much in common — both hiding their real selves in charact

language and he studied german and he gave that trade on to one of his most famous characters george smiley and various of his novels even the fact that a few years ago he received the good medal for contributions to the german language and for international cooperation so i think it's particularly appropriate that speaking about john le carre from from this town in ball on where he had which he had great affection for how would you describe his literary legacy. you know i think margaret atwood put it best when she said. carrie's works are key to understanding the 2nd half of the 20th century i mean he basically gave an alternative history to the of the cold war in terms of narrative he instead of looking at the the victors of the cold war of the world war 2 as being the great heroes and the moral heroes of the 2nd half of the 20th century he questioned their moral actions and he really looked at the gap between the lofty rhetoric that came out of the 2nd world war with britain and america talking about freedom and democracy and looked at sort of the the grubber reality of what these powers

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alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley. s most enduring and celebrated creation. like smiley, le carre had been a spy. david cornwell, his real name, had been fascinated by lies and duplicity since childhood. he was first recruited for intelligence work at university in switzerland. then, at oxford, he spied on left—wing contemporaries. when the option was presented to me, it was immensely attractive. it really was as if the whole of my life had prepared me for this moment. the spy who came in from the cold, laterfilmed with richard burton, was le carre's breakthrough novel, written while he was working for mi6 at the british embassy in bonn, when the berlin wall went up. the author stephen king tweeted: "john le carre has passed at the age of 89. this terrible year has claimed a literary giant and a humanitarian spirit." his agent of 15 years, jonny geller, wrote: his work did define the cold war era, but his first post—cold war novel... the night manager. ..was an other bestseller and a hit tv adaptation, 20 years later, i

language and he studied german and he gave that trade on to one of his most famous characters george smiley and various of his novels even the fact that a few years ago he received a good medal for contributions to the german language and for international cooperation so i think it's particularly appropriate that i'm speaking about john le carre from from this town and ball on where he had which he had great affection for how would you describe his literary legacy. you know i think margaret atwood put it best when she said. carries works are key to understanding the 2nd half of the 20th century i mean he basically gave an alternative history to the of the cold war and it turned of narrative he instead of looking at the the victors of the cold war of the world war 2 as being the great heroes and the moral heroes of the 2nd half of the 20th century he questioned their moral actions and he really looked at the gap between the lofty rhetoric that came out of the 2nd world war with britain and america talking about freedom and democracy and looked at sort of the the grab reality of what these po

that europe is a hole and he's a european and that it put those words in his greatest character george smiley to to to make up point and i think with trump i mean it it's not a far stretch for europeans to look puzzled trump is a man populism and in a way hopefully that is now over but i think that it was very very worried about the british. growing sense of isolationism of this idea of retreat to a path that apps never existed in fact it's a path that he he kind of lampoon i mean a lot of his novels were were almost comic novels they were about craft system they were about mistakes made at highest levels of spying you know and. i think his feeling was that we were getting somewhere and then we were going to push back and he really wants to resist i've got 20 seconds for you mr geller i know that you were the mr le carre instead you losing a mentor what was the most valuable lesson that you learned from him. that's a good question i think right to. save your life i think the fact that he carried on when i 1st met him he was in his seventy's and he said to me this is the last novel i'll never

goodn: john le carré continued writing, expanding with a series featuring his british spymaster george smileyuding the hit novel tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. as the cold war ended, john le carré continued to write prolifically, shifting focus to the inequities of globalization, unchecked multinational corporate power, and the role national spy services play in protecting corporate interests. perhaps best known among his many post-cold war novels is the constant gardener, depicting a pharmaceutical company's exploitation of unwitting kenyans for dangerous, sometimes fatal, drug tests. in this clip from the film adaptation of the constant gardener, an activist, who is later killed by the pharmaceutical corporation, played by rachel weisz, confronts a government official, played by ralph fiennes, about war. tessa quayle: [played by rachel weisz] excuse me? excuse me? justin quayle: [played by ralph fiennes] yeah? tessa quayle: excuse me. justin quayle: yeah, sorry. tessa quayle: sir, i've just got one question. i just wondered: whose map is britain using when it completely ignores the united ni

george smiley, a shabby middle-aged answer to james bond he died this weekend from pneumonia. >> okayy. during their final zoom class, his students pulled off a surprise that had their professor confused at first. >> it was a cool thing to do, not turn your camera on. i have heard that. i have heard that in some classes nobody turns their camera on, including the instructor my god okay here we go seriously? is it my fault that you have your cameras off >> so, dr. brown, we actually kind of wanted to do something. >> with your cameras off >> everybody, you want to go ahead? >> oh, you guys. you're going to make me cry. oh >> as you can see there, it was a screen full of thank you notes to bring dr. brown to tears. his course helps new students make the transition from high school to college. anyway, that's probably one of the many reasons they appreciate him so much. a little moment right there. how sweet. >> lovely. >> coming up next, guys, the last-minute holiday shipping scramble. an important dates that you need to know of the round-up of the important deadlines that start today. >