Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Tradition and treason in Dennis Potter’s Blade on the Feather 35
7. 2 School for scandal 57
8. 3 Allegories of prudence 85
9. 4 Tender comrades 109
10. 5 ‘Men of the middle ground’ 133
11. 6 The “unsavoury” world of espionage 162
12. 7 Secrecy, the state and the citizen 180
13. 8 Gentlemen’s agreement 212
14. Conclusion “Getting at the darkness” 234
15. Bibliography 249
16. Index 258