"Everybody in the world, so they say, has a double.".
         Graham Greene, The Human Factor

Nigel Finch's 1987 film is one of the most original Arena programmes. For some 25 years the author Graham Greene found himself the victim of a bizarre masquerade. Another man calling himself Graham Greene opened hotels in Jamaica, courted high society in the South of France and was entertained in India by tea planters convinced that he was the real author.

 Interview: Hear Greene talk to the BBC in 1969

This other Graham Greene has left few traces behind: letters and the occasional photo, collected over the years by Graham Greene - like clues from one of his own thrillers. However, is the 'other' perhaps a decoy, invented by the secretive Greene to confuse and deceive his chosen biographer Norman Sherry?

 Quiz: How much do you know about Graham Greene?

Greene was so intrigued by the idea of this film that he co-operated fully in tracking his doppelganger in a search for the real Graham Greene. He provided Nigel Finch with the precious evidence he had collected over the years, reads the narration and encouraged his beloved sister Elizabeth to take part in this intriguing film.

 ARENA: GRAHAM GREENE CENTENARY HOMEPAGE

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