Just to pre-empt a question that might get asked; MI5: domestic counter-intelligence MI6: foreign intelligence

Fun Fact for those unfamiliar, James Bond is actually the reason le Carre began writing. One day he read Ian Fleming and thought "This isn't accurate at all! I'm going to write a spy book that's actually realistic and it'll be twenty times better than this! With blackjack! And hookers!" The rest, as they say, is history.

"the series is super loyal to the book for 4 episodes then blows up and goes off the rails for the last two" Hey, welcome to the world of Anime!

A spy thriller starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, and Oliva Coleman. Why was this kept from me for so long?

"Because I have six hours worth of show to work with this time" Like thats going to stop him from analyzing Good Omes frame by frame

I am a simple woman, I see Tom Hiddelston, I click

I remember Hugh Laurie mentioning in an interview once that he had always wanted to play Johnathan Pine in an adaptation of the Night Manager, but by the time it was made he was too old to play him, so he settled on his second favourite character. Great casting and a great show

American here and yeah, totally ignorant as to this shows existence. Just from the clips alone I find it MIND BOGGLING this hasn't been talked about a bit more since the production values do look amazing.

I like how he decided the husband is the character from the book.

The reason it probably didn't do well in America is that I've never even heard of it. So, apparently it was poorly marketed.

Please do an episode comparing every film adaptation of Little Women.

Dominic Noble, Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston all in one video. my life is brilliant!

Tom has the capability of having a serious facial expression that really shows that he's in deep thought and "the life of this tough man is tough right now" but you still want to pinch his cheek and give him a cookie.

2:23 "They don't all have the word 'spy' in the title... he is a _little_ more subtle than that." That's true, not all of them have the word "spy" in the title. Some have the word "Smiley" instead.

Not gonna lie, I started watching this series for Tom Hiddleston and I stayed for the plot... and Tom Hiddleston

The toupee bit sounds to me like a technique I've heard of for resisting torture by picking a mundane but personally meaningful detail as a focus to maintain a sense of your identity. Can't remember where I heard that factoid, but it would make sense if that was a technique the author had been trained in

I love being called a beautiful watcher 🥰

I've seen "The Spy Who Came in Out of the Cold" with Richard Burton. It really doesn't pull any punches about how dirty the business is on all sides.

Wow a rare case of The Dom liking the changes more than the original version....

I am a simple woman, I see Dom and I click

When I first heard of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". I thought it was about a guy named Tinker Tailor, who was a Soldier Spy, whatever I thought that was.

Hugh Laurie! Tom Hiddleston! You are spoiling us, Sir!

Hmmm. Tom Hiddleston is a pretty good selling point. Btw everyone else looking forward to the Loki show on Disney+? I know I am.

It amuses me that he chose "the square" as his penname

Tom Hiddleston, I think, could be good for the next Bond. Just a thought.

Dom is the only KZfaqr who can keep me engaged while pimping his sponsorship. That is some serious comedy chops.

I feel more peaceful than I ever expected to be just in the knowledge that Dom liked the Good Omens adaptation. I know its LIA is pretty far down on the paid requests lists so until then it made me unexpectedly happy to know this much.

this was cool, loved the mini series. Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie were fantastic together

Aaaand here’s the problem with being a Patreon. Initial excitement over new episode notification followed by “Wait...I’ve seen this one.”

Tom Hiddleston! Tom Hiddleston! Tom Hiddleston! All you need to know, in my opinion. ;-D

Well, naturally you're going to get a better result if you hire the Martian Manhunter to help your operation... I'd love to see the "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" film on this show one day.

They mentioned in the show that Pine's father was in northern Ireland, since I think the show's Pine would have been too young to have been there?

It was a co-production with AMC in the USA which is where the budget came from and actually did pretty well with the Boomer Demographic. I heard about it from my parents and when I went to recommend it my clients they are their friends were already watching it.

You weren't kidding about the cast and production values. I've got a couple of thriller fans I know that will definitely watch this (while I hide behind a pillow because I don't do suspense and intensity very well sometimes)

You didn't mention Le Carre's cameo. It's actually at such a pivotal point in the series.

5:40 was that a hint a Good Omens Lost in Adaptation is coming soon?! Also, I'm taking that to mean you liked the Good Omens adaptation 👼😈

"Mister Dalliard! We've been activated!" A Bit of Frye and Laurie and Blackadder are some of my favourite Hugh Laurie roles. But then, I'm a bit of an Anglophile, so I like dry humour and sarcasm. . .

Yeah, as an American I hadn't heard of this show even a little until I saw it shared over a bunch of Tom Hiddelston stan accounts. It looks worth a watch, I'm not usually into spy thrillers but every once and a while I find one I like.

Also, I think the reason it didn't do that great in the US is the lack of advertising. I have it on my prime watchlist, but that's because I will watch everything with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. I think I saw maybe one ad before a movie about the show since it came out in the US.

Thank you Raycon for supporting some of my favorite youtubers but I'll buy wireless earbuds when I'm in hell

Dom: (makes a bad joke; tries to hide his smile because he thinks it's funny) Me: God, I would walk through fire for this silly brit

I didn't know the show was on Amazon. Thanks. I think it's an interesting note that the author has his own head canons of the show.

I'd love to see an episode compairing the Tinker Tailor novel to the 2011 movie.

I am absolutely MINDBLOWN at how many people have not seen this show. Tom Hiddleston is so beyond good in it, I just- the entire cast is fucking fantastic.

So I take it you liked good omens? Thank goodness cause I bloody loved it XD

"That's all folks" I laughed far more than I should have.

I enjoy the lavender shirt, royal purple tie combo.

This is a comment designed to fuel engagement as per the request of our Dom. Now, Internet! Engage!

Are you going to be making a video of your thoughts on the Good Omens adaptation? (and if not, what are your opinions? I personally enjoyed it).

I dunno - I kinda think the original book ending is more realistic of how these things work in real life 🤷‍♀️ Excellent show though, thoroughly recommend!

Thank you SO MUCH Dom for this! I guess I was one of the few Americans to see & fall in love with this! In fact, I didn't care for Dr. House or Loki at all until I saw this. I'm now a huge Tom Hiddleston fan, with Crimson Peak being one of my all-time favorite horror/supernatural thriller movies. I also didn't notice Olivia Colman in TNM so I'm definitely going to go back and watch this series again.

I watched the Night Manager on AMC when it aired....mostly because Tom Hiddleston. Didn't even know what it was about but I mean....Tom HIddleston.

That actress who played the gender swapped character seems to be locked into police like roles now but I like her so I think I'll check this out

Me: I wonder if Dom liked the Good Omens adaptation as much as I did. Dom: Good Omens is worth getting Amazon Prime if you don’t have it already. Me: Guess so. :)

I watched the series on Amazon, mostly because of my love of Hiddleston and Laurie. I thought it was incredible, and I enjoyed your review of it and the book.

Time to pause the episode, watch the show and then come back. Sorry Dominic, see you in a week

LeCarre's first three novels, including his first big hit _The Spy Who Came In From the Cold_ , were written while he worked for British Intelligence. His cover was blown by Kim *mother-loving* Philby which meant he couldn't stay with whichever MI he was then working with. Fortunately, he was by then a well-known author. My dad, who briefly worked with one of the MIs in the late 1960s as an exchange officer, loves LeCarre. in his words, "[LeCarre] shows spies as they really are: boring little men in trench coats with bad breath." Not that you asked, but my two favorite (interlinked, but not sequels in any sense)novels of LeCarre are: _Russia House_ and _The Secret Pilgrim_

I'm one of the Americas that didn't know about this show when it came out. I hadn't heard of it until I saw this video in my feed, so I just watched it on Prime and it was really good. I'm surprised also surprised that it didn't get much attention in the US. I also like that it's a miniseries, but definitely wouldn't have been sad if they had made a second season.

I like the Toupee side note. It's so silly, but something human enough to hold onto. Like a very strange coping mechanism from the life he lead.

Loki as a spy, I admit that’s relatively plausible

Ohhh I cannot wait for that Good Omens review - teeheehee! ^.^

I really enjoyed the mini series. They had it on the channel AMC in the U.S. wish more people saw it here .

It's very much le Carre's style to have the ending be downbeat where the protagonist goes through hell for very little apparent gain. I can understand the show wanting a more definitive and upbeat ending.

Now, I am a huge fan of spy films and the book(s) sound dope and the series looks intriguing. Given your review, I can mostly agree that I already know I'm not going care for the book ending, but, I've read worse endings 🤷🏿‍♀️ sad that we here in the States didn't eat this up, but if it's on Prime, I will definitely check this out. Thanks for the great review!

I watched this show, and this video, and for both of them I was so distracted by just how good Tom Hiddleston looks in those suits.

This show is one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I must have rewatched it... 6 times now? The cast is stellar (Olivia Colman and Tom Hollander make every movie or tv show they appear in worthwhile) and the tension is fantastic! I would recommend it to everyone who has not seen it yet!

granted, I did watch the entire series in the last 7 hours of a trans-Atlantic flight home, but I seem to have missed a ton. may have to give it another look

First time I actually stopped a video to watch the show first and not spoiler anything for myself. And boy, I did not regret investing the time to watch it. Then came back to finish the video, thanks for bringing my attention to the show :)

Every LiA episode I get more impressed at the number of ways one can describe this show

Glad to hear you liked Amazon's Good Omens

Sir Terry is so ADORABLE! Dominic your nice to look at too!

Honestly le carre's fondness for stories ending either with nothing really resolved, or with out and out tragedy, says a lot about what espionage is actually like. Even Tinker Tailor, where the plot does wrap up satisfyingly, it's still a real downer

Good Omens is the soul purpose I got Prime and the first 5 min of the first ep confirmed it was the right decision.

Not really a fan of spy thrillers but I do remember all the Hiddleston fangirls going nuts over this. I might check out the show now.

I have watched this series twice on Amazon Prime and truly enjoyed it both times.

The Spy that Came in from the Cold still stands up.

I was in a Hiddleston lust-worthy binge and watched an entire hour-long interview with him (and I think the director of "Night Manager) where I thought I'd like to see this. I've already had an interest in detectives and spies so I hoped it be good. On the edge of my seat the whole mini-series and have it to blame for a more involved interest in LeCarre since. I can totally see LeCarre wanting to better Fleming's work and I think he has. The ending of the mini-series is MUCH better than what is described of the book (I still haven't read this one).

17:30 As a person in customer service, sounds legit.

Just came to the cast....Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman... Ill be back after I've seen it. You're creaping up on 2oo K subs. So Very derserved😊

Who here is returning to see Dom talk great things about Le Carre's work after the author's passing just recently...RIP Le Carre.

*sigh* This also reminds me how much I miss Hiddleston's Loki. Let's hope the series is going to be good.

I watched this a little over a year ago and enjoyed it. I'd only heard about it in passing through a friend who was obsessed with Hiddleston. I can't recall any advertising for it or buzz, so it's no wonder it got so little attention here in the States.

the trailer makes my brain go " this is something i might like when im older." which is what i thought of crime thrillers and horror movies when i was a kid.... i turn 32 next month.

9.25- Now *that’s* how you do a subversion of expectations. I was expecting the usual cliche where the boss is all like, ‘this has gotten out of hand- we’re shutting it down; your man’s on his own’-type thing - to go in the opposite direction, was really satisfying.

Real life has enough hollow endings; I much prefer fiction with satisfying endings. Good change, TV show version. Good change.

The best show of Amazon Prime is The Terror, which is also the WEIRDEST case of adaptation I've ever seen!

I could look at Tom Hiddleston all day.... oh the review was good too.

Dom has a really great voice for this stuff, glad he's feeling better, Lost in Adaptation's audio is one of the few things to hit my "immediate calming" receptors.

OT: I discovered I could get the 'Good Omens' series free on Prime, and watched it this weekend. Totally brilliant!

i love your tie, not to mention the shirt & waistcoat combo 👌

Good to see you back! Hope your voice is ok

Gotta say, I missed your voice when you were on vocal rest

Ok, so the fact that you are shocking Ray J's earphones is surprising, refreshing &, from what I hear of the product, shows quality is a thing of yours...SEXY. 10 POINTS RAVENCLAW 🏅

Great review as always Dom, but a slight correction regarding 2:41 : the BBC actually made an adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl a couple of years later and I personally think they did a pretty damn good job. I'd definitely recommend it.

You know, all of these audiobook-related plugs make me wish that I could actually handle listening to them, but they're always read *so goddamned slowly* and it's so aggravating.

I utterly adore the Night Manager! It's one of the few TV Series that actually made me want to read the book. While I don't think it was as good as the series, I still adored Pine and breathed a sigh of relief when he was rescued. Also did you guys hear we're getting two more series of this? I'M HYPED! 🤩

Ok, I'm pretty new to your vids. Really enjoyed this. Have you done any Ballard adaptations? Hiddleston reminded me of High Rise. Love le Carre. James Mason was my favorite Smiley on screen.

I'd love a Lost in Adaptation for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy but I admit that it might be a bit more work than you're willing to give.

I‘d love a Lost in Adaptation about the Cormoran Strike Series tbh 👀

Another great Lost in Adaptation. I love this series, and I hope it continues for years to come. I'm always secretly hoping you'll cover the book/movie Jumper one day, but until I have enough money to make a patreon request, I will just have to keep crossing my fingers.