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Radio 4,05 Jan 2018,44 mins

Intelligence by Sarah Wooley

Drama on 4

Available for 30 days

During the Second World War, the young Muriel Spark worked in the British ‘Black Propaganda’ Department of MI6. Her job was to produce what she called ‘a tangled mixture of damaging lies, flattering and plausible truths’. Starring Jessica Hardwick. Drama written by Sarah Wooley, based on Muriel Spark's war-time work. Muriel Spark ..... Jessica Hardwick Sefton Delmer ..... Stuart McQuarrie Marcelle/Nurse ..... Lucianne McEvoy Erich/Officer ..... Finn den Hertog Betty ..... Francesca Dymond Crips/Hans/Engineer ..... Robin Laing Director: Gaynor Macfarlane First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018

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