tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6342990026878675685..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The IPCRESS File - ITV reviewMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-11082549793357152182022-07-26T08:14:18.305+01:002022-07-26T08:14:18.305+01:00Joe Cole delivered a credible character in the Ipc...Joe Cole delivered a credible character in the Ipcress File with subtle nuanced differences. The Joe Cole version of the Ipcress File may well prove to be of the same enduring quality as the epic Harry Saltzman version starring Michael Caine. In a way though it is a shame that the film industry is producing yet another remake of a classic thriller. If success is to breed success the film industry must not polish old gems but mine for new ones. In the espionage genre, an example of such a new gem is Beyond Enkription, the first fact based spy thriller in The Burlington Files series by Bill Fairclough. I only mention that because, coincidentally, a few critics have likened its protagonist to a "posh and sophisticated Harry Palmer" and the first novel in the series is indisputably anti-Bond or at the least a tad Deightonesque. It's worth checking out this enigmatic and elusive thriller … though not being a remake it may have eluded you.MI6https://www.blogger.com/profile/08416815195914841290noreply@blogger.com