Ashenden is a BBC1's four part miniseries based on the spy novel by W. Somerset Maugham, it loosely based on adaptations of "The Traitor" and "The Hairless Mexican" were written by David Pirie, it was produced by Kelso Films for BBC and that aired from 17 November to 8 December 1991, directed by Christopher Morahan, with Alex Jennings in the title role, Joss Ackland as Cumming, Ian Bannen as 'R' and Jason Isaacs as Andrew Lehman. Guest actors included Harriet Walter as Giulia Lazzari in the first episode, Alan Bennett as Grantly Caypor in the second, and Alfred Molina as Carmona, the titular character in the final story. A framing device at the start of each episode shows progressively more of an aged Ashenden living in France in the mid-1960's, reacting adversely to a piece of music on th