XPS by Len Deighton
The title of Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise.
An alleged secret meeting between Churchill and Hitler in 1940 is at the centre of the tangled plot; Whitehall, the Kremlin and the CIA - plus a ruthless secret group - we are all somewhat anxious of that historical conference. Will the so-called Hitler Minutes prove Churchill a traitor?
Deighton described his book as "faction", a blend of fact and fiction "so skilful you can't see the join".
Dramatised in 8-parts by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Peter King
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1985
CAST
Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Sydney Ryden ...... David Garth
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Max Breslow ...... Bernard Hepton
Willi Kleiber ...... Clifford Rose
Hitler Minutes ...... Colin Starkey
Prime Minister/Section Head ...... Bernard Brown
Jennifer ...... Jenny Funnell
Kitty ...... Melinda Walker
MacIver ...... Don Fellows
Billy Stein ...... Ian Tyler
01 A Small Killing in Hollywood.mp3
02 The House in Geneva.mp3
03 An Egg Farm in Norfolk.mp3
04 The Hitler Minutes.mp3
05 Operation Siegfried.mp3
06 A Safe House for Moscow.mp3
07 The Geneva Raid.mp3
08 Expedient Demise.mp3
