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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

“One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?”

197950m / epWar & Politics · Drama · Mystery

First aired

September 10, 1979

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 130 votes

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S01 · E01

Return to the Circus

Limited Series · Sep 10, 1979 · 50m

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E01Playing

Return to the Circus

Sep 10, 1979 · 50m

E02▶

Tarr Tells His Story

Sep 17, 1979 · 49m

E03▶

Smiley Tracks the Mole

Sep 24, 1979 · 47m

E04▶

How It All Fits Together

Oct 1, 1979 · 43m

E05▶

Tinker Tailor

Oct 8, 1979 · 45m

E06▶

Smiley Sets a Trap

Oct 15, 1979 · 41m

E07▶

Flushing Out the Mole

Oct 22, 1979 · 43m

Retired espionage veteran George Smiley is called out on a top-secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

About the Series

War & PoliticsDramaMystery

Synopsis

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.

CreatorsJohn Irvin, John le Carré