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2 December 2018. (2018-12-02) The Little Drummer Girl is a British espionage drama television series based on the 1983 novel of the same name by John le Carré. The six-episode series first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2018 and on AMC in the United States during November 2018. A Director's Cut was released in 2019.
The Little Drummer Girl: With Simona Brown, Gennady Fleyscher, Clare Holman, Daniel Litman. As a Palestinian assassin is targeting prominent Israelis, a young English actress is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate the assassin's terrorist cell, requiring all of her acting talents but also putting her at considerable risk.
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The Little Drummer Girl is a spy novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1983.The story follows the manipulations of Martin Kurtz, an Israeli spymaster who intends to kill Khalil – a Palestinian terrorist who is bombing Jewish-related targets in Europe, particularly Germany – and Charlie, an English actress and double agent working on behalf of the Israelis.
- John Le Carré
- 1983
Episode 1. 1/8 A fiery and brilliant actress is drawn into a dangerous international espionage operation. All episodes of The Little Drummer Girl.
- Kurtz Never Wavered on Killing Khalil
- The Clock Radio Signal – and The Death of Khalil
- The Bombing Was Actually in Münich, Not London
- Charlie and Joseph's Original Reunion
In the final episode, just as Charlie (Florence Pugh) is about to lead them straight to Khalil, Israeli spymaster Kurtz (Michael Shannon) tries to change the plan – in a hugely significant way. He hadn't realised that Khalil would take such a shine to Charlie and he now senses an opportunity. Kurtz's brainwave is this: what if, instead of capturing...
The plot with the clock radio plays out almostexactly as it does in the novel - with a handful of crucial differences. In both the book and the TV series, once the bomb is 'planted' and Charlie is heading back to Khalil, Gadi switches out her clock radio for a replica containing a tracking device. But then, in the TV series, Gadi issues her with or...
In the TV adaptation, Charlie finds herself back home in London for her big bombing debut. She must help steal Israeli professor Irene Minkel's briefcase, and then return it to the academic just in time for her high-profile lecture. Pretending to be a South African called Imogen, she must bypass the guards by claiming that this locked briefcase con...
How does Joseph (aka Gadi) really feel about Charlie? That is one of the big conundrums at the centre of The Little Drummer Girl. And at the end of the story we get an answer – of sorts. In the TV version of events, Joseph sends her a packet of cigarettes while she is recuperating in Israel, secretly giving her his German address. Charlie visits hi...
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S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Sun, Nov 18, 2018. Charlie, a fiery and brilliant young actress, meets a mysterious stranger on the beach in Greece and he draws her into a high-stakes international espionage operation. 7.5/10 (904)
