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.
1 season · 6 episodes
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 friend
S1 E1A Mother's Assistance
Sep 20, 19826.850 min
Once more, George Smiley is brought out of retirement to look into the murder of an old colleague.
S1 E2The General's Big Fish
Sep 27, 19827.250 min
Smiley takes a trip to investigate his friend's flat for clues. After finding a series of clues that lead to something bigger, Smiley interrogates a man about Vladimir's whereabouts. And lastly, a picture of two men in bed with a woman stir
S1 E3Gathering Friends
Oct 4, 198250 min
The investigation of Vladimir's murder leads Smiley to interrogate his latest suspect. Smiley is told to stop investigating the case by a man on a motorcycle, and he just blows him off. Smiley's next stop is Oxfordshire, speaking to a mothe
S1 E4The Rogue Elephant
Oct 11, 198250 min
Smiley continues his investigation, now looking for a man named Otto in a small fishing community, only to find his decaying body in his boat, and a mysterious chalk mark he's seen before. Smiley talks to the now-perpetually afraid woman.
S1 E5Alexandra Tatiana
Oct 18, 198250 min
Smiley and his colleagues read through an extremely long deathbed confession. Using an undercover name, Smiley travels to Berne to attempt to find the missing pieces of the murder mystery. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a woman in an asylu
S1 E6Smiley's Lighter
Oct 25, 198250 min
Smiley interrogates a diplomat by showing him a series of photographs, and in turn, closes in on the person who killed Vladimir. He is led to the asylum, and ironically, things eventually become clearer.
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Eileen Atkins
Madame Ostrakova
Bill Paterson
Lauder Strickland
Vladek Sheybal
Otto Leipzig
Andy Bradford
Ferguson
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Anthony Bate
Oliver Lacon
Michael Byrne
Peter Guillam
Tusse Silberg
Alexandra Ostrakova
Germaine Delbat
Madame La Pierre
Ingrid Pitt
Elvira
Michael Lonsdale
Anton Grigoriev
