One of the best books I have ever read. Hollywood could not have told a better story.

Loved your book about Oleg. Fascinating and gripping

Thanks, again, for allowing your guest to talk.

Again, a great story well told by your guest and again Skavlan, you master the art of making interviews of historic quality! Tusen takk!.

Ben’s book in audio format is gripping. I absolutely could not put it down until I knew what happened to Gordievsky.

If you're interested in Oleg Gordievsky, this anecdote may be of interest. John le Carré described Ben Macintyre's fact based novel, The Spy and The Traitor, as "the best true spy story I have ever read". It was about Kim Philby's Russian counterpart, a KGB Colonel named Oleg Gordievsky, codename Sunbeam. In 1974 Gordievsky became a double agent working for MI6 in Copenhagen which was when Bill Fairclough aka Edward Burlington unwittingly launched his career as a secret agent for MI6. Fairclough and le Carré knew of each other: le Carré had even rejected Fairclough's suggestion in 2014 that they collaborate on a book. As le Carré said at the time, "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a famous expert in fiction in his eighties! Gordievsky never met Fairclough, but he did know Fairclough's handler, Colonel Alan McKenzie aka Colonel Alan Pemberton. It is little wonder therefore that in Beyond Enkription, the first fact based novel in The Burlington Files espionage series, genuine double agents, disinformation and deception weave wondrously within the relentless twists and turns of evolving events. Beyond Enkription is set in 1974 in London, Nassau, Port au Prince and the Americas. Edward Burlington, a far from boring accountant, unwittingly started working for Alan McKenzie in MI6 and later worked eyes wide open for the CIA. What happens is so exhilarating and bone chilling it makes one wonder why bother reading espionage fiction when facts are so much more breathtaking. Len Deighton and Mick Herron could be forgiven for thinking they co-wrote the raw noir anti-Bond narrative, Beyond Enkription. Atmospherically it's reminiscent of Ted Lewis' Get Carter of Michael Caine fame. If anyone ever makes a film based on Beyond Enkription they'll only have themselves to blame if it doesn't go down in history as a classic espionage thriller.

Fantastic book. MacIntyre is an excellent writer.

Best talk show there is excellent interview or greetings from America

Skavlan's show and Graham Norton's are so far above anything in the U.S. in quality.

John le Carré described Ben Macintyre's fact based novel, The Spy and The Traitor, as "the best true spy story I have ever read". It was about Kim Philby's Russian counterpart, a KGB Colonel named Oleg Gordievsky, codename Sunbeam. In 1974 Gordievsky became a double agent working for MI6 in Copenhagen which was when Bill Fairclough aka Edward Burlington unwittingly launched his career as a secret agent for MI6. Fairclough and le Carré knew of each other: le Carré had even rejected Fairclough's suggestion in 2014 that they collaborate on a book. As le Carré said at the time, "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a famous master of fiction in his eighties! Gordievsky never met Fairclough, but he did know Fairclough's handler, Colonel Alan McKenzie aka Colonel Alan Pemberton. It is little wonder therefore that in Beyond Enkription, the first fact based novel in The Burlington Files espionage series, genuine double agents, disinformation and deception weave wondrously within the relentless twists and turns of evolving events. Beyond Enkription is set in 1974 in London, Nassau, Port au Prince and the Americas. Edward Burlington, a far from boring accountant, unwittingly started working for Alan McKenzie in MI6 and later worked eyes wide open for the CIA. What happens is so exhilarating and bone chilling it makes one wonder what the point of reading espionage fiction when facts are so much more breathtaking. Len Deighton and Mick Herron could be forgiven for thinking they co-wrote the raw noir anti-Bond narrative, Beyond Enkription. Atmospherically it's reminiscent of Ted Lewis' Get Carter of Michael Caine fame. If anyone ever makes a film based on Beyond Enkription they'll only have themselves to blame if it doesn't go down in history as a classic espionage thriller.

Oleg's own book is titled...Next stop execution.....A fantastic read...

AN INTERVIER WHO ALLOWS THE GUEST TO TALK. i HAVE DISCOVERED YOU SKAVLAN, i WILL SUBSCRIBE,

The socks on that lady, they caught mine eye, I like her style.

Great book

Great story!! He weirdly looks like Kevin spacey

Cool

By the thumbnail, I could have sworn it was kevin spacey

He like Philby seems to have done it for a CAUSE.

I think Oleg Gordievsky is one of the best of human beings. And Aldrich Ames is one of the worst.

Which book about him has Ben written about Gordiesky

Gordievsky - waiting for his polonium tea for over 20 years

The girl on Skavlan's left looks like Chapman , the Russian 'insertion' in NYC .

"She is also in Britain"? Curious slip Who asked you where they were?

Im sorry Oleg cannot see his children. How sad.

High culture? What is the high culture? He is a traitor, very simple. He never wanted money 😂😂😂

Bull shat