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Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Series197950 min / epEndedGB PG
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?
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.
War & PoliticsDramaMystery
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography
Camera
John le Carré
Novel
Writing
Geoffrey Burgon
Music
Sound
MW
Malcolm Webberley
Sound Recordist
Sound
CD
Clare Douglas
Editor
Editing
JM
Joyce Mortlock
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
ER
Elizabeth Rowell
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
AS
Austen Spriggs
Production Design
Art
Jonathan Powell
Producer
Production
