"Charlie Muffin" (1986) A battered spy outwits rivals in a ruthless Cold War game.

Support the Archive Buy Me A Coffee ☕ https://buymeacoffee.com/jr_the_old_r... Preserving classic radio drama, one story at a time. Classic Old Time Radio, vintage radio shows, the Golden Age of radio, BBC Radio, murder, mystery, drama, comedy, scifi, westerns. ========================================== Charlie Muffin, a scruffy but razor‑sharp British intelligence officer, finds himself caught between rival agencies, shifting loyalties, and a deadly international game in which no one can be trusted and every move may be his last. As political pressures mount and covert agendas collide, Charlie’s unorthodox methods and streetwise instincts become his only weapons against betrayal from both enemies and supposed allies. The drama unfolds with mounting tension as he navigates double‑crosses, hidden motives, and the ruthless world of Cold War espionage, revealing a spy who survives not through glamour but through grit, cunning, and sheer refusal to be outplayed. Charlie Muffin by Brian Freemantle and dramatised by Geoffrey M. Matthews Charlie's a survivor. He needs to be. His own Department is out to get him and so, it seems, are the KGB. But, one way or another, Charlie's determined to come out of it alive and rich. Charlie: Philip Jackson Kalenin: Sandor Eles Willoughby: Peter Howell Giinther: David Learner Snare: Andrew Branch Harrison: Stephen Rashbrook Alexei Berenkov: Peter Woodthorpe Janet: Marcia King Wilberforce: Manning Wilson Cuthbertson: Barrie Cookson Ruttgers: Don Fellows Keys: John Church Brayley: Richard Durden Edith: Jennifer Piercey Directed By: Matthew Walters Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 5th Jul 1986 7:00 p.m. on BBC Radio 4 FM