Smiley's People

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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First aired

20 Sept 1982

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

• TMDB 7.7

Last aired

25 Oct 1982

Genres

• Drama
• Mystery

Status

Ended

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Network

BBC Two

Episode runtime

50 min

Countries

• GB

Original language

en

Original title

Smiley's People

Creators

John le Carré

Cast

Alec Guinnessas George SmileyEileen Atkinsas Madame OstrakovaBill Patersonas Lauder StricklandBernard Heptonas Toby EsterhaseAnthony Bateas Oliver LaconIngrid Pittas ElviraMichael Byrneas Peter GuillamVladek Sheybalas Otto LeipzigAndy Bradfordas FergusonTusse Silbergas Alexandra Ostrakova

Writers

John le CarréJHJohn Hopkins

Composer

PGPatrick Gowers

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