Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(1979)
War & PoliticsDramaMystery
First Air Date: 1979-09-10
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 127
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a seven-part BBC2 spy drama written by Arthur Hopcraft, adapted from John le Carré'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.
Keywords
spybased on novel or bookgreat britaintraitorcold warkgbespionage
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Limited Series
Episodes: 7E01
Return to the Circus
Air Date: 1979-09-10
Retired espionage veteran George Smiley is called out on a top-secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's...
E02
Tarr Tells His Story
Air Date: 1979-09-17
British agent Ricki Tarr, believed to have defected, resurfaces with sensational information: confirmation of a Russi...
E03
Smiley Tracks the Mole
Air Date: 1979-09-24
The investigation begins, with Peter Guillam burgling the archives for information, while Smiley visits an old comrad...
E04
How It All Fits Together
Air Date: 1979-10-01
While Guillam and Tarr come under pressure, Smiley recounts his one meeting with Soviet master spy Karla, who is undo...
E05
Tinker Tailor
Air Date: 1979-10-08
Smiley calls on ex-Circus spy San Collins, who was the duty officer the night Jim Prideaux was shot. Collins confirms...
E06
Smiley Sets a Trap
Air Date: 1979-10-15
Smiley confronts one of his suspects and gives him the results of his investigations, which could prove a considerabl...
E07
Flushing Out the Mole
Air Date: 1979-10-22
Smiley springs his trap and catches the mole, who confesses how and why it happened, and the answers ultimately rob S...
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