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The Soviet James Bond

4 Extra Debut. The name is Isaev, Maxim Maximovich Isaev. Miles Jupp uncovers the Russian superspy dubbed the 鈥淪oviet James Bond鈥. From 2014.

In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviets had their own version of James Bond, a superspy whose adventures thrilled readers from Minsk to the Urals.

But whereas Bond enjoyed champagne, gambling and beautiful women, the spy codenamed Stierlitz was a Russian patriot of austere tastes (though he does enjoy vodka and singing Russian songs). In novels like 鈥淒iamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,鈥 Stierlitz carved a parallel path to that being followed by the great 007.

Spy fan Miles Jupp explores the extraordinary legacy of the Soviet James Bond and his creator Julian Semyonov.

Producer: David Stenhouse

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2014

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Dec 2019 04:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Dec 2014 11:30
  • Tue 20 Jan 2015 13:32
  • Wed 21 Jan 2015 05:02
  • Fri 3 Apr 2015 16:32
  • Wed 8 Jul 2015 13:30
  • Sun 12 Jul 2015 06:00
  • Boxing Day 2015 10:30
  • Christmas Day 2018 08:00
  • Boxing Day 2019 16:30
  • Fri 27 Dec 2019 04:30

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