The Useless Yonkers 10 (mysterious Anna Chapman, real name Anna Chapman!!!, and chums) are being deported to Russia in exchange for Western spooks in Russian jails. Will any of them drop Leon Panetta’s cigarette lighter on the bridge? No.
But the real question is where in hell’s name is Nigel Havers?
The deeply depressing answer is: er, Coronation Street. In full Olivier mode, Britain’s erstwhile hottest thesp is in character as the soap’s “love rat Lewis Archer”, and about to jet off to Barbados with Lysette Anthony, reportedly “the face of the 80s”.
What a pity that almost nobody has recalled during this spy malarkey that, back when he was sort of a proper actor (1991) Havers played a UK-based KGB deep cover agent in a wonderful TV series called Sleepers. This included an explosion outside the Bull Inn in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, which used to be my grandparents’ local.
It also involved a funny moment with a CIA guy and a teapot. It’s genuinely good TV. A few other bloggers have made the link to recent events, but the media has missed the chance for an easy story and the Havers camp (if there is one) is oddly silent.
So tonight Global Dashboard asks the question nobody dares ask:
What does Havers have to hide?*
* The answer may well be his role in a Dr. Who “audio drama” on BBC7 in 2007.
