Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the USSR. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible, and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his upper-class childhood, and drinks to a state of collapse
Stars: John Le Mesurier, Jack Hedley, Diana Fairfax, Jon Laurimore, Lyndon Brook, Richard Marner
Crew: Dennis Potter (Writer), Alan Bridges (Director), Ann Scott (Script Editor), Tony Abbott (Production Design), Peter Coulson (Editor), Graeme MacDonald (Producer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 59 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 14, 1971
IMDb: 3.5
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