Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Duration: 49'33''

Synopsis

Was George Smiley sacked after a scandal or is he merely retired? When he is summoned by the cabinet watchdog for intelligence affairs, Smiley agrees to head the hunt for a secret service mole.

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BBC Two | 1977

The Lively Arts | John le Carré

John Le Carre is among the world's best-selling novelists. Ever since The Spy Who Came In from the Cold was published in 1963 a new le Carre novel has been a major event in the publishing world. His last book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was an immediate best-seller and his new book just out, The Honourable Schoolboy, looks set to repeat the success. Melvyn Bragg talks to John le Carre at his home in Cornwall about his life and his novels. Also in the programme is le Carre's dramatisation of a section from one of his earlier novels Call for the Dead.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | BBC Two | 1979

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) | 7: Flushing Out the Mole

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