S01E01 Return to the Circus
George Smiley's quiet retirement is interrupted when messengers arrive from London Station and call upon George Smiley to come back into the game. Smiley is brought to Sir Oliver and it is revealed that a...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?
S01E05: Tinker Tailor
Smiley, now fortified with new information, goes to confront Jim Prideaux, an old spy who long since came in from the cold and is now a school teacher. Control, in his last days, seemed to have confided in him and sent him on a mission behind the Iron Curtain to find out who exactly the mole in the Circus was, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Rich man, or Poor man.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Tarr Tells His Story
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...
S01E03 Smiley Tracks the Mole
Now that Smiley has rejoined the game he must secretly procure the information and files needed to conduct his investigation. While Peter breaks into the Circus' archives and finds files that bring a whole new...
S01E04 How It All Fits Together
Ricki Tarr becomes unstable and George Smiley must examine his past to find answers. He must examine his personal life as well as his past with the Circus, especially in regard to Control. He also...
S01E05 Tinker Tailor
Smiley, now fortified with new information, goes to confront Jim Prideaux, an old spy who long since came in from the cold and is now a school teacher. Control, in his last days, seemed to...
S01E06 Smiley Sets a Trap
Smiley now has the information he needs and starts to stir things up with the men of which Control suspected one to be the mole. He is able to eliminate two, himself and one other....
S01E07 Flushing Out the Mole
The waiting has paid off and the traps closes on Karla's mole. It is agreed to trade him against several English spies who were captured by the KGB, but Prideaux is still not found and...
Cast
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
Mendel
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Alexander Knox
Control
