Smiley's People(TV show/series, 1982)

Name: Smiley's People
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 1982
Rating: 3.9

50min per episode | Genres: Drama, Mystery

Mini series in 1 season with 6 episodes

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 19 votes)

Smiley’s People is a 1982 British six-part spy drama by the BBC. Directed by Simon Langton and produced by Jonathan Powell, it is the television adaptation of the 1979 spy novel Smiley's People by John le Carré, and a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (missing out the second book in the trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, which was not filmed for cost reasons). Starring Alec Guinness, Michael Byrne, Anthony Bate and Bernard Hepton, it was first shown in the United Kingdom from 20 September to 25 October 1982, and in the United States beginning on 25 October 1982. ()

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About Smiley's People

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.

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Trailer for Smiley's People + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Smiley's People Trailer(Trailer, 1:53)

Smiley's People Seasons and Episodes

09/20/1982Miniseries - 6 episodes

#1 | 09/20/1982A Mother's Assistance

Once more, George Smiley is brought out of retirement to look into the murder of an old colleague.

#2 | 09/27/1982The General's Big Fish

Smiley takes a trip to investigate his friend's flat for clues. After finding a series of clues that lead to something bigger, Smiley interrogates a man about Vladimir's whereabouts. And lastly, a picture of two men in bed with a woman stirs things up.

#3 | 10/04/1982Gathering Friends

The investigation of Vladimir's murder leads Smiley to interrogate his latest suspect. Smiley is told to stop investigating the case by a man on a motorcycle, and he just blows him off. Smiley's next stop is Oxfordshire, soeaking to a mother and a daughter about the case.

#4 | 10/11/1982The Rogue Elephant

Smiley continues his investigation, now looking for a man named Otto in a small fishing community, only to find his decaying body in his boat, and a mysterious chalk mark he's seen before. Smiley talks to the now-perpetually afraid woman.

#5 | 10/18/1982Alexandra Tatjana

Smiley and his co-workers read through an extremely long deathbed confession. Using an undercover name, Smiley travels to Berne to attempt to find the missing pieces of the murder mystery. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a woman in an asylum.

#6 | 10/25/1982Smiley's Lighter

Smiley interrogates a diplomat by showing him a series of photographs, and in turn, closes in on the person who killed Vladimir. He is lead to the asylum, and ironically, things eventually become clearer.

?Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.bbc.co.uk

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Based on: "Smiley's People" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: Bosnian (BS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 09/20/1982

Last episode released on: 10/25/1982

Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Byrne, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton

Director: Simon Langton

Producer: Jonathan Powell

Screenwriter: John le Carré

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Agent in eigener Sache"

Keywords: intelligence agent, based on novel or book, spy, miniseries

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