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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?

7.6(131)19791 season · 7 episodes50m / ep
War & Politics
Drama
Mystery

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.

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Last aired
1979-10-22
Language
Czech
  • BBC Two
  • spy
  • based on novel or book
  • great britain
  • traitor
  • cold war
  • kgb
  • espionage
  • miniseries
  • mole

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Director

John Irvin

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Air dates

First aired
1979-09-10
Latest episode
1979-10-22
Status
Ended
Next release
Completed
  • Limited Series10 Sept 1979

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is streaming on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store in India. Use the official Watch now links in the Where to watch section above.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    1/23/2023

    7/10

    I tried to watch this drama series a year or so ago and didn’t get far. It isn’t bad but it has a slow pace, which I am usually fine with, but I am not into spy stories. I gave it a second try recently and had no trouble finishing it this time. There is some action and a small amount of drama, but mostly it is conversation and a slow-burning tension running through it. I confess I occasionally wasn’t sure who was …

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    CinemaSerf

    10/26/2024

    7/10

    With the Cold War at it's height, the head of the British counter-espionage agency - "Control" (Alexander Knox) is giving a clear impression that he is losing the plot. He is visibly ailing so his subordinates gather like vultures waiting to take his place. His preferred candidate is the redoubtable, semi-retired, "Smiley" (Sir Alec Guinness) and pretty swiftly we discover that is because the old man is not so doting…

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