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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.

1979 |1 Season  | 50m |  War & Politics, Drama, Mystery

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Cast

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Alec Guinness

George Smiley

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Michael Jayston

Peter Guillam

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Anthony Bate

Oliver Lacon

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George Sewell

Mendel

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Bernard Hepton

Toby Esterhase

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Ian Richardson

Bill Haydon

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Hywel Bennett

Ricki Tarr

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Terence Rigby

Roy Bland

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Ian Bannen

Jim Prideaux

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Michael Aldridge

Percy Alleline

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Alexander Knox

Control

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Siân Phillips

Ann Smiley

Seasons List

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Specials

2000

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Season 1

1979

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Creator

John Irvin

Status

Ended

Languages

Czech, English, Russian

Network

BBC Two