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Smiley's People (1982)

First aired September 20, 198250m/ep1 season · 6 epsEnded
7.7

51 votes

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Overview

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.

Created By

John le Carré

Top Billed Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

George Smiley

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

October 25, 1982

Networks

BBC Two

Production

BBCParamount Television

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When "Madame Ostrakova" (Eileen Atkins) is accosted by a man as she tries to board a bus, we discover that she has a secret Soviet past that saw her flee, leaving her daughter in Moscow. Faced with a difficult choice, she contacts the one man who might be able to help. That's "Gen. Vladimir" (Curd Jürgens) who just happens to have some links with the once again retired "Smiley" (Sir Alec Guinness) who is drafted out of his intellectual slumbers to piece together a mystery that involves his own wife "Lady Ann" (Siân Phillips), his arch nemesis "Karla", this woman and her abandoned daughter. Joh…

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