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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a mystery and drama TV series that premiered on BBC Two on September 10, 1979. It has 1 season and 7 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 7 "Flushing Out the Mole", aired on October 22, 1979.
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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7 episodes · 1 season
1979 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 47 years ago
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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E7
Smiley springs his trap and catches the mole, who confesses how and why it happened, and the answers ultimately rob Smiley of any sense of victory.
E6
Smiley confronts one of his suspects and gives him the results of his investigations, which could prove a considerable embarrassment to those concerned.
E5
Smiley calls on ex-Circus spy San Collins, who was the duty officer the night Jim Prideaux was shot. Collins confirms the events as Smiley understands them and that Prideaux's good friend Bill Hayden is the senior officer who took charge of the case after all hell broke loose. Smiley subsequently meets with Prideaux to get a firsthand account of the events during the disastrous Operation Testify in Czechoslovakia.
E4
While Guillam and Tarr come under pressure, Smiley recounts his one meeting with Soviet master spy Karla, who is undoubtedly running the mole inside MI6.
E3
The investigation begins, with Peter Guillam burgling the archives for information, while Smiley visits an old comrade whose past knowledge could prove vital to locating the spy.
E2
British agent Ricki Tarr, believed to have defected, resurfaces with sensational information: confirmation of a Russian mole in the Service.
E1
Retired espionage veteran George Smiley is called out on a top-secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Created by John Irvin and John le Carré
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Beryl Reid
Connie Sachs
Alexander Knox
Control
Duncan Jones
Roach
Daniel Beecher
Spikely
Nigel Stock
Roddy Martindale
Milos Kirek
Barak
Eugene Lipinski
Czech Guard
Brian Hawksley
Bookseller
Thorley Walters
Tufty Thessinger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 22, 1979.
The most recent episode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Season 1 Episode 7 "Flushing Out the Mole", aired on October 22, 1979.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has 1 season with 7 episodes in total.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy first aired on BBC Two on September 10, 1979.
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