Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Alec Guinness

George Smiley

Michael Jayston

Peter Guillam

Anthony Bate

Sir Oliver Lacon

George Sewell

Mendel

Crew

Art

• Austen Spriggs Production Design

Camera

• Tony Pierce-Roberts Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Joyce Mortlock Costume Design
• Elizabeth Rowell Makeup Artist

Editing

• Chris Wimble Editor
• Clare Douglas Editor

Production

• Jonathan Powell Producer

Sound

• Geoffrey Burgon Music
• Malcolm Webberley Sound Recordist

Writing

• John le Carré Novel
• Betty Willingale Script Editor

Seasons & episodes

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