Traitor

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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

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

TV Movie

Duration:

59 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Alan Bridges

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Company:

BBC

Cast:
John Le Mesurier

Jack Hedley

James

Diana Fairfax

Lady Emma

Jon Laurimore

Thomas

Lyndon Brook

Sir Arthur Harris

Crew:
Alan Bridges

Director

Dennis Potter

Writer

Graeme MacDonald

Producer

Peter Coulson

Editor

Ann Scott

Script Editor