Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Smiley's People

Double bill of BBC espionage drama mini-series based on the novels by John Le Carr� and starring Alec Guinness as master spy George Smiley. In 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979), Smiley has been in 'retirement' for some time, some say owing to his mishandling of the Czech scandal. However, the retiring superspy finds himself summoned back to the 'Circus' (British secret service) when it transpires that an enemy infiltrator is at work in the department. Smiley returns once again to his old department in 'Smiley's People' (1982) following the murder of his friend, General Vladimir, a Russian who once worked for British Intelligence. When it transpires that Vladimir was in fact a double agent, Smiley becomes engaged in a battle of wills with his old adversaries at the Moscow Centre.

Director: John Irvin
Director: Simon Langton
Producer: Jonathan Powell
Writer: Arthur Hopcraft
Writer: John Hopkins
Writer: John le Carré
Music: Geoffrey Burgon
Music: Patrick Gowers
Cinematographer: Kenneth Macmillan
Actor: Alec Guinness
Actor: Michael Jayston
Actor: Ian Richardson
Actor: Ian Bannen
Actor: Anthony Bate
Actor: Bernard Hepton
Actor: Michael Aldridge
Actor: Terence Rigby
Actor: Alexander Knox
Actor: Hywel Bennett
Actor: George Sewell
Actor: Beryl Reid
Actor: Michael Gough
Actor: Patrick Stewart
Actor: Alan Rickman
Actor: John Standing
Actor: Joss Ackland
Actor: Eileen Atkins
Actor: Dudley Sutton
Actor: Nigel Stock
Actor: Siân Phillips
Actor: Ingrid Pitt
Actor: Thorley Walters
Actor: Vladek Sheybal
Actor: Warren Clarke
Actor: Bill Paterson
Actor: George Pravda
Actor: Rosalie Crutchley
Actor: Curd Jürgens
Actor: Brendan Foster
Actor: Mario Adorf
Actor: Michael Byrne