Directed by:
Simon LangtonCinematography:
Kenneth MacMillanComposer:
Patrick GowersCast:
Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Michael Byrne, Anthony Bate, Vladek Sheybal, Barry Foster, Michael Gough, Curd Jürgens, Maureen Lipman (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(6)
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A Mother's Assistance (E01)
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The General's Big Fish (E02)
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Gathering Friends (E03)
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The Rogue Elephant (E04)
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Alexandra Tatjana (E05)
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Smiley's Lighter (E06)
Plots(1)
Smiley and Karla in the final confrontation. The acclaimed BBC production of John Le Carré’s espionage classic. The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of ‘the Circus’ - and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an émigré Soviet General, who was also a British agent, sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre. (BBC)
(more)Cast
![Michael Elphick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785469_748e2e.jpg)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Masada (1981) (series)
![Jan Fedder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160124_609552.jpg)
Jan Fedder
West Germany
Best series:
Das Boot (1985) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Jacques Maury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160540_9c97fc.jpg)
Jacques Maury
Belgium
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
The New Avengers (1976) (series)
Fantômas (1980) (series)
![Hywel Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/997/161997847_b3926a.jpg)
Hywel Bennett
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
André Penvern
France
Best series:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Patriot (2015) (series)
![Alex Jennings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307287_bf845e.gif)
Alex Jennings
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
![Norma West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538383_f19c45.jpg)
Norma West
South Africa
Best series:
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Jean Champion
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Christiane Carstens
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Rush (2008) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Matthias Dittmer
West Germany
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Vincent Grass
Belgium
Best series:
Le Temps des as (1978) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Braquo (2009) (series)
Carl Duering
German Empire
Best series:
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Ralf Richter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/879/159879680_e1eacc.jpg)
Ralf Richter
West Germany
Best series:
Adventure of Criminalistics (1989) (series)
Das Boot (1985) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Yves Peneau
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Peter Guinness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/343/163343128_cf8c97.jpg)
Peter Guinness
UK
Best series:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Catch-22 (2019) (series)
Roswitha Dost
Germany
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Berlin, Berlin (2002) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Rosalie Crutchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330959_4964a9.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Louba Guertchikoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393758_cd4b8f.jpg)
Louba Guertchikoff
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Georges Hubert
France
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Trevor Cooper
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Vikings (2013) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)