Re: The Little Drummer Girl
I used to read a lot of spy thrillers, by authors such as John le Carre & Len Deighton
This TV production of The Little Drummer Girl promises to be just what I like - not simple or cut & dried, and just a bit edgy or seedy It is set in the late 1970s
A Palestinian terrorist group is blowing up prominent Israelis.
It is a discrete or cellular structure, meaning that its members only know the absolute minimum of other members.
This is both its strength, as it is not possible for members to reveal information or identities they do not have, but also its weakness, as it makes it easier for others to penetrate the group.
Israeli intelligence agents, The Mossad, decide to infiltrate the group.
They have kidnapped one of the terrorists and substituted one of their own agents
They are also grooming a British actress, Charlie, to take part in the deception
Also, Mossad have discovered that the bomb maker leaves a tell tale clue or signature in the bomb - a bundle of spare wire wound into the shape of a 'stick man'
This enables them to trace the bomber to various incidents, and to start to build up a profile
Now I'm waiting with anticipation for the next episode