1 Season
7 Episode
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Season 1
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.
- Year: 1979
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: spy, great britain, traitor, cold war, kgb, miniseries, mole
- Director: John Irvin, John le Carré
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson