Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a drama series on BBC1. A spellbinding performance from Alec Guinness as George Smiley in John le Carré’s classic 1970s Cold War spy thriller. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the final part of John le Carre's classic story, George Smiley's search for the mole at the heart of the Circus finally comes to an end.
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Smiley's investigation to snare the traitor at the heart of the Circus leads him to Jerry Westerby, a Fleet Street journalist.
Smiley thinks that the time has come to call on Jim Prideaux, whose assignment to Czechoslovakia went disastrously wrong, with the mole at the heart of the Circus to blame.
Smiley recalls the past and his involvement with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier and Poorman, and Karla - the legendary head of Moscow Circus.
In his search for the mole sitting at the heart of the Circus, Smiley sets out for Oxford to visit an invaluable friend.
Acclaimed adaptation of John le Carre's novel. Smiley is forced to go back over some very old ground when he is told a story about spies.
Acclaimed adaptation of John le Carre's novel. When summoned by the cabinet watchdog for intelligence affairs, Smiley agrees to head the hunt for a secret service mole.
Film adaptation of John Le Carre's Cold War novel about a retired MI6 agent who must track down a Soviet mole within the British intelligence service's ranks.