Cultural References
Ronald Harwood's play An English Tragedy, charting the weeks leading up to Amery's execution following his arrest in Italy and trial in London, adapted for radio by Bert Coules, was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 8 May 2010 and 13 April 2012. The cast included Geoffrey Streatfield as Amery and Derek Jacobi as Leopold Amery.
The finale of series 7 of British crime drama Foyle's War is loosely based on Amery's case. Like Amery, the fictional character of James Deveraux is born to a distinguished British establishment family, having MPs and Government Ministers as relatives. Like Amery, Deveraux pleads guilty and is first warned and then sentenced by the judge with almost identical words. However, in the end Deveraux turns out to be a British spy serving the MI9 and reporting German troop movements.
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