Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?
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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Season 1 - 7 Episode s
1x1 - Return to the Circus
September 10, 1979
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.
1x2 - Tarr Tells His Story
September 17, 1979
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.
1x3 - Smiley Tracks the Mole
September 24, 1979
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.
1x4 - How It All Fits Together
October 1, 1979
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'.
1x5 - Tinker Tailor
October 8, 1979
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.
1x6 - Smiley Sets a Trap
October 15, 1979
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.
1x7 - Flushing Out the Mole
October 22, 1979
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.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 2 Season s
Actors in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
Mendel
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Alexander Knox
Control
Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley
Beryl Reid
Connie Sachs
Joss Ackland
Jerry Westerby
Warren Clarke
Alwyn
Thorley Walters
Tufty Thessinger
John Standing
Sam Collins
Patrick Stewart
Karla
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