Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Opening title
Based on	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Written by	Arthur Hopcraft
Directed by	John Irvin
Starring	Alec Guinness Michael Jayston Anthony Bate George Sewell
Theme music composer	Geoffrey Burgon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Jonathan Powell
Cinematography	Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editors	Chris Wimble Clare Douglas
Running time	UK: 315 min US: 290 min
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	10 September (1979-09-10) – 22 October 1979 (1979-10-22)
Related
Smiley's People
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 British seven-part spy drama by the BBC. John Irvin directed and Jonathan Powell produced this adaptation of John le Carré's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974). The serial, which stars Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell and Michael Aldridge, was shown in the United Kingdom from 10 September to 22 October 1979, and in the United States beginning on 29 September 1980. The US version was re-edited from the original seven episodes to fit into six episodes.

The series, which received widespread acclaim, was followed by Smiley's People in 1982.