Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Season 1 - Eps 2: Tarr Tells His Story

1979-09-1750 min⭐ 7.6/10

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.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

First Air Date: 1979-09-10

Last Air Date: 1979-10-22

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.6/10 (from 112 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 7

Network: BBC Two

Genres: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery

Production Companies: BBC, Paramount Pictures

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

George Smiley

Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

Peter Guillam

Anthony Bate

Anthony Bate

Oliver Lacon

George Sewell

George Sewell

Mendel

Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton

Toby Esterhase

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

Bill Haydon

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Ricki Tarr

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Roy Bland

Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

Jim Prideaux

Michael Aldridge

Michael Aldridge

Percy Alleline

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