Currently (5th January 2018) on the BBC Iplayer... BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Vital Spark: Intelligence The Vital Spark: Intelligence Drama by Sarah Wooley During the Second World War, the young Muriel Spark worked in the British 'Black Propaganda' Department of MI6. Her job was to produce what she called 'a tangled mixture of damaging lies, flattering and plausible truths'. Credits Role Contributor Muriel Spark Jessica Hardwick Sefton Delmer Stuart McQuarrie Marcelle Lucianne McEvoy Nurse Lucianne McEvoy Erich Finn den Hertog Officer Finn den Hertog Betty Francesca Dymond Crips Robin Laing Hans Robin Laing Engineer Robin Laing Producer Gaynor Macfarlane Writer Sarah Wooley
Lot of interest in Muriel Spark and her wartime job recently. The MI6 link keeps being repeated but she was actually employed by Political Warfare Executive (which used the cover name of 'Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office' - still causing confusion 75 years later, as a good cover name is supposed to do). Lee
