5. The Zinoviev Letter

Edward and Michael are ordered to conduct a smear campaign. The target: a certain pipe-smoking Yorkshire politician.

But what happens if they can't find anything to smear him with....?

Peter Kerry's satirical sitcom about the British Intelligence Service in the 1950s and 60s.

Edward .... William Vandyck
Michael .... Douglas Hodge
Kate .... Harriet Thorpe
Sir Stephen .... John Wells
Sir Donald .... Donald Pickering
The Interrogator .... Gordon Reid
Harold Wiison / Landlord .... Alistair McGowan
Mrs Beck .... Jill Graham

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.