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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2 Disc Set) (1979) |
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Who can spy on the spies? Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after a Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the "circus" without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground. Sir Alec Guiness is the definitive Smiley in this superb BBC adaptation of John le Carre's gripping novel.
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Classic spy series
23 May 2009
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Having just re-read the book, this series is authentic to its theme, plot and tone. Alec Guinness is perfect in the role of George Smiley: understated, underneath the 'vulnerable' exterior a sharp and unrelenting mind. This series comes from the days when viewers were respected as intellectually able to follow a plot. It also is a 'time capsule' of basic production values - and yet it still works. If you enjoy old school spy stories, I recommend this.
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