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.
Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Siân Phillips, Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton
Crew: John le Carré, Arthur Hopcraft, Tony Pierce-Roberts, Geoffrey Burgon, Chris Wimble, Clare Douglas
Country: GB
Studio: BBC Two
Runtime: 50:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Sep 10, 1979
Last air date: Oct 22, 1979
Episode: 7 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 3.435
