The BBC1 show will be another co-production with US network AMC, following the huge success of The Night Manager, which starred Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman.
Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, said: “Following the huge global success of The Night Manager, it’s a privilege to announce that John Le Carré will return to BBC1 with one of the best spy thrillers ever written.”
The creators of the BBC1 hit series The Night Manager are to adapt another of John Le Carré’s popular books: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
The team behind The Night Manager are now turning their attention to the author’s most famous book, which is set during the cold war, just months after the Berlin Wall was built.