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Episodes

1. Return to the Circus

2. Tarr Tells His Story

3. Smiley Tracks the Mole

4. How It All Fits Together

5. Tinker Tailor

6. Smiley Sets a Trap

7. Flushing Out the Mole

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War & Politics

Drama

Mystery

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.

Date: 09/10/1979

Rating: 7.6

Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson, Hywel Bennett, Terence Rigby, Ian Bannen, Michael Aldridge, Alec Sabin, Alexander Knox, Siân Phillips

Alec Guinness