Main title from the 1979 episode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Flushing Out the Mole (1)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Part Seven

(1979)

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| TV Episode | United Kingdom | Colour | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 1h
| Stars: Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate
| E7 | 22nd October, 1979

Smiley springs his trap and catches the spy. He later interrogates the spy and learns about how and why it happened and the answers he gets robs him of any sense of victory

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) | Part One (1979) opening credits (3)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.

Episode cast

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Photograph from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) featuring Alec Guinness (as George Smiley) (1)
George Smiley
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
Sir Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
Mendel
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley
George Pravda
Polyakov
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Duncan Jones
Roach
Daniel Beecher
Spikely
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Pictures

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Main title from the 1979 episode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Flushing Out the Mole (1)

Production

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Jonathan Powell
Producer
John Irvin
Director
Arthur Hopcraft
Writer (dramatisation)
John le Carré
Writer (novel)

Also known as

Flushing Out the Mole

Companies

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BBC
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Production company
Paramount Television
Production company