Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent

Overview

When an anarchist attempted to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, an idea exploded in the mind of Joseph Conrad. This program re-creates the world of The Secret Agent, the first great novel of political intrigue, in all its suspense and sinister irony. In addition, author and critic V. S. Pritchett and Keith Carabine, of Kent University (England), explore Conrad’s concern that the very fabric of society was being jeopardized by the growing violence and moral corruption—a concern as timely today as it was then.

Guest Stars

Frances Barber

Winnie Verloc

Hywel Bennett

Professor

Peter Blythe

Vladimir

Jim Broadbent

Ossipon

Keith Carabine

Self

Kenneth Colley

Chief Inspector Heat

Graham Crowden

Home Secretary

David Doyle

Stevie