Paul Burke drops in at Fedora to tell us about his new book, SPIES ON SCREEN: FROM SILENT TO STREAMING, a comprehensive guide to spy fiction on TV, film and online. The titles under discussion include Hitchcock's spy movies from the 1930s, Orson Welles' TOUCH OF EVIL, Sidney J. Furie's THE IPCRESS FILE (and its sequels), Martin's Ritt's THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, the classic 1970s TV shows TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and THE SANDBAGGERS and our current favourite, SLOW HORSES.
Paul Burke was born in London, university educated and has worked in the private, voluntary and academic sector over the years. He has been writing about crime, thriller and mystery fiction since 2016 and podcasting for Crime Time FM (www.buzzsprout.com/1686667) since 2021. His first passion as a reader was Cold War spy fiction. Paul is interested in sports, arts, politics and history. He is also the editor of Aspects of Crime (https://aspectsofcrime.com/), a new online magazine/website dedicated to crime fact and fiction and is the new Head of Fiction for Spybrary (https://spybrary.com/).
