Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(TV show/series, 1979)

Name: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1979
Rating: 3.8

TV-14

| 50min per episode | Genres: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery

Mini series in 1 season with 7 episodes

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 49 votes)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 British seven-part spy drama by the BBC. John Irvin directed and Jonathan Powell produced this adaptation of John le Carré's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974). The serial, which stars Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell and Michael Aldridge, was shown in the United Kingdom from 10 September to 22 October 1979, and in the United States beginning on 29 September 1980. The US version was re-edited from the original seven episodes to fit into six episodes. The series, which received widespread acclaim, was followed by Smiley's People in 1982. ()

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About 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.

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Trailer for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Trailer(Trailer, 1:03)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Trailer (Trailer) | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) Trailer (Trailer)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Seasons and Episodes

09/10/1979Season 1 - 7 episodes

#1 | 09/10/1979Return to the Circus

George Smiley's quiet retirement is interrupted when messengers arrive from London Station and call upon George Smiley to come back into the game. Smiley is brought to Sir Oliver and it is revealed that a highly influential mole has been operating out of the Circus for quite some time.

#2 | 09/17/1979Tarr Tells His Story

Ricki Tarr, an active agent, recounts a tale to the spy masters that sways Smiley in favour of returning to the Circus to secretly ferret out the mole. Tarr's tale is of The Sandmann, the KGB counterpart and nemesis of Smiley, and of his network in the Circus.

#3 | 09/24/1979Smiley Tracks the Mole

Now that Smiley has rejoined the game he must secretly procure the information and files needed to conduct his investigation. While Peter breaks into the Circus' archives and finds files that bring a whole new perspective to consider, Smiley goes to interview an old friend.

#4 | 10/01/1979How It All Fits Together

Ricki Tarr becomes unstable and George Smiley must examine his past to find answers. He must examine his personal life as well as his past with the Circus, especially in regard to Control. He also reflects on his meeting with Karla, 'The Sandman'.

#5 | 10/08/1979Tinker Tailor

Smiley, now fortified with new information, goes to confront Jim Prideaux, an old spy who long since came in from the cold and is now a school teacher. Control, in his last days, seemed to have confided in him and sent him on a mission behind the Iron Curtain to find out who exactly the mole in the Circus was, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Rich man, or Poor man.

#6 | 10/15/1979Smiley Sets a Trap

Smiley now has the information he needs and starts to stir things up with the men of which Control suspected one to be the mole. He is able to eliminate two, himself and one other. The waiting begins, when suddenly the message arrives that Prideaux has disappeared.

#7 | 10/22/1979Flushing Out the Mole

The waiting has paid off and the traps closes on Karla's mole. It is agreed to trade him against several English spies who were captured by the KGB, but Prideaux is still not found and he has an open account to settle with the mole. With the command structure of the Circus hollowed out and containment in progress, Smiley cannot come in from the cold but remains to pick up the pieces.

09/12/2000Specials - 4 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.bbc.co.uk

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Shot in: London

Plays in: London

Based on: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (find it on Amazon)

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

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Russian (RU)

Translated into 12 languages: Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 09/10/1979

Last episode released on: 10/22/1979

Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Ian Richardson

Director: John Irvin

Producer: Jonathan Powell

Screenwriter: Arthur Hopcraft

Director of Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts

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

"Шпион, выйди вон!"

"Mullvaden"

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Keywords: kgb, cold war, traitor, mole, miniseries, great britain, spy

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