Editing Len Deighton (section)

===Adaptations===
Several of Deighton's novels have been adapted as films, which include ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]'' (1965), ''[[Funeral in Berlin (film)|Funeral in Berlin]]'' (1966), ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]'' (1967) and ''[[Spy Story (film)|Spy Story]]'' (1976). All feature the books' unnamed character, but he was given the full name "[[Harry Palmer]]" for the films; either the actor [[Michael Caine]]—who played Palmer in the films—or the producer for two of the three films, [[Harry Saltzman]], came up with the name.{{sfn|Burton|2018|p=99}}{{sfn|Caine|2012|pp=205–206}} Two television films also featured Palmer: ''[[Bullet to Beijing]]'' (1995) and ''[[Midnight in Saint Petersburg]]'' (1996); they were not based on Deighton's stories. All the films except ''Spy Story'' feature Caine as Palmer.{{sfn|Barrett|Herrera|Baumann|2011|p=27}} Deighton's hands were used in ''The Ipcress File'' in place of Caine's for a scene in which Palmer breaks eggs into a bowl and whisks them.{{sfn|Baker|2012|p=41}} In March 2022 ''[[The Ipcress File (TV series)|The Ipcress File]]'', a television adaptation of Deighton's novel, was broadcast on UK television. [[Joe Cole (actor)|Joe Cole]] was Palmer; [[Lucy Boynton]] and [[Tom Hollander]] also appeared in major roles.{{sfn|Hilton|2022|p=38}}{{sfn|Twigg|2022|p=24}}

''[[Berlin Game]]'', ''[[Mexico Set]]'' and ''[[London Match]]'', the first trilogy of his [[Bernard Samson]] novel series, were made into ''[[Game, Set and Match]]'', a thirteen-part television series by [[Granada Television]] in 1988.{{sfn|Woods|2008|p=118}}{{sfn|"Game, Set and Match (1988)". British Film Institute}} Although [[Quentin Tarantino]] expressed interest in adapting the trilogy,{{sfn|Child|2009}} the project did not materialise.{{sfn|Sharf|2019}} The nine Samson novels were in [[pre-production]] with [[Clerkenwell Films]] in 2013, with a script by [[Simon Beaufoy]].{{sfn|Kemp|2013}}

In 2017 the BBC adapted Deighton's novel ''SS-GB'' for [[SS-GB (TV series)|a five-part miniseries]], broadcast in one-hour episodes; [[Sam Riley]] played the lead role of Detective Superintendent Douglas Archer.{{sfn|Whitworth|2017}} In 1995 [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast a [[Real time (media)|real-time]] dramatisation of ''Bomber''. The drama was in four broadcasts, each of two hours, from 2:30&nbsp;pm to midnight, threaded through the station's schedule of news and current affairs.{{sfn|"BBC Radio 4, 18 February 1995". ''Radio Times''}}{{sfn|Barnard|1995|p=24}}