The Adventures of Harry Lime The Adventures of Harry Lime The Adventures of Harry Lime (broadcast in the United States as The Lives of Harry Lime) is an old-time radio programme produced in the United Kingdom during the 1951 to 1952 season. Orson Welles reprises his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film "The Third Man". The radio series is a prequel to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than that of the film. "The Adventures of Harry Lime" is one of the most successful series created by prolific British radio producer Harry Alan
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) out. British television director David Yates was chosen to direct the film after "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" director Mike Newell, as well as Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Vaughn and Mira Nair, turned down offers. Yates believed he was approached because the studio saw him fit to handle an "edgy and emotional" film with a "political backstory", which some of his previous television projects including "State of Play", "Sex Traffic" and "The Girl in the Café" demonstrated. Producer David Heyman supported Yates' comments about the film's political theme, stating that "["Order of the Phoenix"] is a