Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Status:
Ended
Production:
BBC
Aired:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley, the aging 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.
War & Politics
Drama
Mystery
Characters
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
Mendel
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Alexander Knox
Control
Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley