Slow Horses review – Gary Oldman will give you deja vu
This thriller about washed-up spies is certainly tense, but it feels like we’ve seen the Tinker Tailor actor – and co-star Kristin Scott Thomas – play these roles before
December 2020
How John Le Carré changed television and paved the way for box-set culture
The don of disillusionment: John le Carré on film
May 2020
Ranked
Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked!
The actor’s latest movie, Capone, further builds upon his beefy and menacing screen presence, but there is another side that shines through in some of Hardy’s great roles
October 2017
Kathy Burke: ‘Lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes’
That’s how Kathy Burke describes herself. But the famously outspoken actor and director has proved she can’t be pigeonholed. Stefanie Marsh meets her
September 2017
MI6 boss: George Smiley a better role model for agents than James Bond
Sir Alex Younger, known in agency circles as C, says 007’s ‘brash antics’ give a misleading portrayal of life in the service
September 2016
TV tonight
Friday’s best TV: BBC Proms 2016; Joanna Lumley's Japan; The Strain
Tinker, tailor, writer, spy: the many lives of John le Carré, in his own words
‘He's very sexy’: Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale and other actors on le Carré
Toby Jones reads from John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – video
May 2016
Our Kind of Traitor review – spy thriller without the wow
Though solid enough, this John le Carré adaptation has too little tension and too many visual cliches
February 2016
BBC's new £20m spy thriller 'the most radical ever' Le Carré adaptation
The Night Manager, starring Olivia Colman, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, is a co-production with company behind Breaking Bad and Mad Men
October 2015
Film blog
Spies like us: which movie secret agents fit MI6's new recruitment drive profile?
The British secret service says James Bond would struggle to get a job as a spy in 2015, so which big-screen operatives would cut the mustard?
September 2015
Michael Fassbender set to star in Jo Nesbø's The Snowman
German-Irish actor in line to play maverick Norwegian cop Harry Hole in Hollywood’s latest nordic noir venture
February 2015
TV and radio blog
From Smiley’s People to Wolf Hall, the best TV dramas can't be rushed
Slow-burning stories of emotional and political intricacy need time to develop – and they’re all the better for it
July 2014
Five best moments
Gary Oldman: five best moments
Our pick of the star's greatest performances to date. Which others would you add to the list?
September 2012
Reading group
Reading group: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy – the film or the TV series?
Reading group
Reading group: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
February 2012
Baftas 2012 verdict: 'The Artist went from underdog to Rottweiler' - video
Bafta missed their chance to break The Artist's silence
