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Your first look at the TV adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl

John le Carré’s suspense-filled drama The Little Drummer Girl hits TV screens later this year. Here's your first look at the production that includes industry heavyweights Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon. 

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3. The production is from the team behind The Night Manager and we should expect more sun, suspense, deception and danger in this adaptation, based on le Carré’s 1983 novel.

4. Pugh stars as young actress Charlie who finds herself involved with an intriguing stranger while holidaying in Greece in the 1970s. It soon becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic and she ends up embroiled in a high-stakes plot – orchestrated by spymaster Kurtz (Michael Shannon).

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5. While no official date has been set for the launch of the series, it will be on AMC in the US and BBC One in the UK this autumn.

6. The Little Drummer Girl will be available in Penguin Modern Classics from this September.

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