< Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 - 1979)

SERIES | 45m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 8.4 (10_797)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller | In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

• Director: John Irvin
• Writer: Arthur Hopcraft
• Writer: John le Carré
• Alec Guinness (65) - George Smiley
• Michael Jayston (44) - Peter Guillam
• Anthony Bate (52) - Sir Oliver Lacon // Oliver Lacon
• George Sewell (55) - Mendel
• Bernard Hepton (54) - Toby Esterhase
• Ian Richardson (45) - Bill Haydon
• Hywel Bennett (35) - Ricki Tarr
• Michael Aldridge (59) - Percy Alleline
• Ian Bannen (51) - Jim Prideaux
• Terence Rigby (42) - Roy Bland
• Alec Sabin - Fawn
• Alexander Knox (72) - Control
• Duncan Jones - Roach
• Daniel Beecher - Spikely
• Beryl Reid (60) - Connie Sachs
• John Wells (43) - Headmaster
• Frank Compton - Bryant
• Frank Moorey (43) - Lauder Strickland
• Joss Ackland (51) - Jerry Westerby
• Warren Clarke (32) - Alwyn

Some episodes

• 1.1 Return to the Circus
• 1.2 Tarr Tells His Story
• 1.3 Smiley Tracks the Mole