Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
7 episodes
E01
Return to the Circus
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.
E02
Tarr Tells His Story
Smiley is forced to go back over some very old ground when he is told a story about spies.
E03
Smiley Tracks the Mole
In his search for the mole sitting at the heart of the Circus, Smiley sets out for Oxford to visit an invaluable friend.
E04
How It All Fits Together
Smiley recalls the past - his involvement with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier and Poorman, and Karla - the legendary head of Moscow Circus.
E05
Tinker Tailor
Smiley thinks that the time has come to call on Jim Prideaux, whose assignment to Czechoslovakia went disastrously wrong, with the mole at the heart of the Circus to blame.
E06
Smiley Sets a Trap
Smiley's investigation to snare the traitor at the heart of the Circus leads him to Jerry Westerby, a Fleet Street journalist.
E07
Flushing Out the Mole
In the final part of John le Carre's classic story, George Smiley's search for the mole at the heart of the Circus finally comes to an end.
Cast
Patrick Stewart
as Karla
Siân Phillips
as Annie Smiley
Alec Guinness
as George Smiley
Michael Jayston
as Peter Guillam
Bernard Hepton
as Toby Esterhase
George Sewell
as Mendel
Ian Richardson
as Bill Haydon
Michael Aldridge
as Percy Alleline
Terence Rigby
as Roy Bland
Alexander Knox
as Control
Hywel Bennett
as Ricki Tarr
Ian Bannen
as Jim Prideaux
