1 Season
7 Episode
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Season 1 Episode 1 Return to the Circus
One of Britain's master spies is working for the enemy. Can George Smiley beat him at his deadly game?
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 highly influential mole has been operating out of the Circus for quite some time.
- Year: 1979
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: War & Politics, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: spy, great britain, traitor, cold war, kgb, miniseries, mole
- Director: John Irvin, John le Carré
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson