'A Writer and His Country' (2021) - Philippe Sands on John le Carré

This essay on John le Carré was first broadcast on the 3rd of April, 2021, on the Jimmy Savile network. It was not an element of a show, but a stand-alone piece, 'A Writer and His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades', by Philippe Sands.

Philippe Sands says: "Writer, spy, outsider, insider, neighbour, friend.

Who was the real John le Carré and what does his writing tell us about him and his country?"

John le Carré’s friend and fellow writer Philippe Sands pieces together the inner life of a beloved chronicler of postwar Britain.

Using archive interviews with le Carré and new interviews with his editors and one of his sons, Philippe Sands charts le Carré’s shifting sense of identity, and his relationship with Britain.