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War & Politics Drama Mystery

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Year: 1979
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery

Overview

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a seven-part BBC2 spy drama written by Arthur Hopcraft, adapted from John le Carrรฉ's eponymous 1974 novel. The serial, which stars Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell and Michael Aldridge, was broadcast from 10 September to 22 October 1979. George Smiley, the ageing master spy of the Cold War and once heir-apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

Episodes

Return to the Circus
EP 1 Return to the Circus
Tarr Tells His Story
EP 2 Tarr Tells His Story
Smiley Tracks the Mole
EP 3 Smiley Tracks the Mole
How It All Fits Together
EP 4 How It All Fits Together
Tinker Tailor
EP 5 Tinker Tailor
Smiley Sets a Trap
EP 6 Smiley Sets a Trap
Flushing Out the Mole
EP 7 Flushing Out the Mole

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