Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
Cast: Alec Guinness
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When "Madame Ostrakova" (Eileen Atkins) is accosted by a man as she tries to board a bus, we discover that she has a secret Soviet past that saw her flee, leaving her daughter in Moscow. Faced with a difficult choice, she contacts the one man who might be able to help. That's "Gen. Vladimir" (Curd Jürgens) who just happens to have some links with the once again retired "Smiley" (Sir Alec Guinness)...
October 27, 2024
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
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1982
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Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He beg…
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No, it ended in 1982.
September 20, 1982
John le Carré
Alec Guinness
Drama, Mystery
BBC Two
