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Bookmark or Share- The True Story Behind ‘The Courier’ - Smithsonian MagazineIn November 1960, Greville Wynne, a 41-year-old British businessman, sat down for a lunch that would change his life. His dining companion, Dickie Franks, revealed himself to be an officer of the...
- The Courier (2020 film) - WikipediaThe film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s. [3] . Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star.
- The Courier vs. the True Story of British Spy Greville WynneThe Courier (2021) By Kevin Lang | Published March 1, 2021. THE CAST VS. REAL LIFE. REEL FACE: REAL FACE: Benedict Cumberbatch. Born: July 19, 1976. Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England, UK. Greville Wynne. Born: March 19, 1919. Birthplace: Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, UK. Death: February 28, 1990, London, England, UK (throat cancer)
- Greville Wynne - WikipediaGreville Maynard Wynne (19 March 1919 – 28 February 1990) was a British engineer and businessman recruited by MI6 because of his frequent travel to Eastern Europe. He acted as a courier to transport top-secret information to London from the Soviet agent Oleg Penkovsky.
- Greville Maynard Wynne | British spy | BritannicaWynne, a British businessman, he offered his services to British intelligence. Between April 1961 and August 1962 Penkovsky passed more than 5,000 photographs of classified military, political, and economic documents to British and U.S. intelligence forces.
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