The Bureau of Investigation tails Oleg Gordievsky - World in Action
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- In 1984, Thames Television programme World in Action produced a show on Oleg Gordievsky, the Russion Double agent. World in Action employed The Bureau of Investigation to tail Gordievsky, to demonstrate the measures used by the Double Agent to try and avoid being tailed using a technique called 'Dry Cleaning'.
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Just found this having read about Gordievski is Ben McIntyre's "The spy and the traitor". Cannot recommend enough.
Dave Kelly agreed, it’s a very gripping read.
This can't be 1984. 1994 maybe? Apart from anything else, Gordievsky defected in 1985. Another clue is that there are cars more modern than early 80s on the streets. The blue Rover's reg plate is G676 PGT, which would date from 1989/1990.
Must have been 1990, a billboard of diehard 2 was up which came out in 1990.
It was 1990, Gordievsky is wearing a 'disguise' because amazingly the Soviet Union is still not dead and this is a mere 5 years after his defection. He's still going to be fresh as a daisy as a top KGB agent after just a few years out, it was quite a coup to get him on TV.
Well the billboard has die hard 2 on it, which came out 1990.
John le Carré described Ben Macintyre's fact based novel, The Spy and The Traitor, as "the best true spy story I have ever read". It was about Kim Philby's Russian counterpart, a KGB Colonel named Oleg Gordievsky, codename Sunbeam. In 1974 Gordievsky became a double agent working for MI6 in Copenhagen which was when Bill Fairclough aka Edward Burlington unwittingly launched his career as a secret agent for MI6. Fairclough and le Carré knew of each other: le Carré had even rejected Fairclough's suggestion in 2014 that they collaborate on a book. As le Carré said at the time, "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a famous master of fiction in his eighties!
Gordievsky never met Fairclough, but he did know Fairclough's handler, Colonel Alan McKenzie aka Colonel Alan Pemberton. It is little wonder therefore that in Beyond Enkription, the first fact based novel in The Burlington Files espionage series, genuine double agents, disinformation and deception weave wondrously within the relentless twists and turns of evolving events. Beyond Enkription is set in 1974 in London, Nassau, Port au Prince and the Americas. Edward Burlington, a far from boring accountant, unwittingly started working for Alan McKenzie in MI6 and later worked eyes wide open for the CIA. What happens is so exhilarating and bone chilling it makes one wonder what the point of reading espionage fiction when facts are so much more breathtaking.
Len Deighton and Mick Herron could be forgiven for thinking they co-wrote the raw noir anti-Bond narrative, Beyond Enkription. Atmospherically it's reminiscent of Ted Lewis' Get Carter of Michael Caine fame. If anyone ever makes a film based on Beyond Enkription they'll only have themselves to blame if it doesn't go down in history as a classic espionage thriller.
Impossible it was 1984 - Gordievsky was still under MI6 and living in London, the fact they would do a documentary on him when know one knows except for a handful of people just doesn't hold water.
He famously escaped Soviet Union in 1985
This was filmed in 1990, the Die Hard 2 billboard dates the recording
Fascinating.
If you're interested in Oleg Gordievsky, this anecdote may be of interest. John le Carré described Ben Macintyre's fact based novel, The Spy and The Traitor, as "the best true spy story I have ever read". It was about Kim Philby's Russian counterpart, a KGB Colonel named Oleg Gordievsky, codename Sunbeam. In 1974 Gordievsky became a double agent working for MI6 in Copenhagen which was when Bill Fairclough aka Edward Burlington unwittingly launched his career as a secret agent for MI6. Fairclough and le Carré knew of each other: le Carré had even rejected Fairclough's suggestion in 2014 that they collaborate on a book. As le Carré said at the time, "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a famous expert in fiction in his eighties!
Gordievsky never met Fairclough, but he did know Fairclough's handler, Colonel Alan McKenzie aka Colonel Alan Pemberton. It is little wonder therefore that in Beyond Enkription, the first fact based novel in The Burlington Files espionage series, genuine double agents, disinformation and deception weave wondrously within the relentless twists and turns of evolving events. Beyond Enkription is set in 1974 in London, Nassau, Port au Prince and the Americas. Edward Burlington, a far from boring accountant, unwittingly started working for Alan McKenzie in MI6 and later worked eyes wide open for the CIA. What happens is so exhilarating and bone chilling it makes one wonder why bother reading espionage fiction when facts are so much more breathtaking.
Len Deighton and Mick Herron could be forgiven for thinking they co-wrote the raw noir anti-Bond narrative, Beyond Enkription. Atmospherically it's reminiscent of Ted Lewis' Get Carter of Michael Caine fame. If anyone ever makes a film based on Beyond Enkription they'll only have themselves to blame if it doesn't go down in history as a classic espionage thriller.
Do you have the full episode please?
Gordievsky didn't defect until 1985.
Correct. This was from 1990 Also Thames Television never produced World In Action. It was a Granada Production.
Die Hard 2 advertisement boards on street makes this 1990..not 1984
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How tight has he got hold of that steering wheel? lol.
The car probably didn’t have power steering
No Surveillance team would ever go out with just a car and a bike; four cars and a bike is a bare minimum. The surveillance shown here is frankly amateurish.
And your qualification for this is???
My name is Bond...James Bond!
well, at the beginning of the show they state that they just picked some private detective who had years of "surveillance work" experience. So yeah that would seem "amateurish" compared to KGB or MI5.
@@cjmillsnunAsked by someone with no fisur experience.
Bad wig, and looks bloody awful driver! Lol.