BBC One · Ended

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Drama, Espionage · 1979 · Rated 7.9/10

Last aired: S1 E7, Flushing Out the Mole · 1979-10-22

Acclaimed adaptation of John le Carre's novel about spy George Smiley, who is recalled from retirement.

Cast

Patrick Stewart Karla

Siân Phillips Annie Smiley

Alec Guinness George Smiley

Michael Jayston Peter Guillam

Bernard Hepton Toby Esterhase

George Sewell Mendel

Ian Richardson Bill Haydon

Michael Aldridge Percy Alleline

Terence Rigby Roy Bland

Alexander Knox Control

Hywel Bennett Ricki Tarr

Ian Bannen Jim Prideaux

Anthony Bate Sir Oliver Lacon

Season 1

E1 Return to the Circus 1979-09-10 · 50 min Was George Smiley sacked after a scandal or is he merely retired? When he is summoned by the Cabinet watchdog for Intelligence Affairs, Smiley agrees to head the hunt for a Secret Service mole.

E2 Tarr Tells His Story 1979-09-17 · 50 min Smiley is forced to go back over some very old ground when he is told a story about spies.

E3 Smiley Tracks the Mole 1979-09-24 · 50 min In his search for the mole sitting at the heart of the Circus, Smiley sets out for Oxford to visit an invaluable friend.

E4 How It All Fits Together 1979-10-01 · 50 min Smiley recalls the past - his involvement with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier and Poorman, and Karla - the legendary head of Moscow Circus.

E5 Tinker Tailor 1979-10-08 · 50 min Smiley thinks that the time has come to call on Jim Prideaux, whose assignment to Czechoslovakia went disastrously wrong, with the mole at the heart of the Circus to blame.

E6 Smiley Sets a Trap 1979-10-15 · 50 min Smiley's investigation to snare the traitor at the heart of the Circus leads him to Jerry Westerby, a Fleet Street journalist.

E7 Flushing Out the Mole 1979-10-22 · 50 min In the final part of John le Carre's classic story, George Smiley's search for the mole at the heart of the Circus finally comes to an end.

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