1 9 8 2 (UK)
6 x 60 minute episodes
Alec Guinness returned in this sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy as the disillusioned intelligence chief coaxed out of retirement to help deal with the murder of ‘the General’, an old colleague from ‘The Circus’ with some valuable information.
His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the Soviet spymaster known only as Karla.
But it was Beryl Reid who won a BAFTA Best Actress award for her cameo role of Connie Sachs.
During the original airing of the miniseries on BBC television, radio DJ Terry Wogan ran a “Does anyone know what’s going on?” competition on a weekly basis – which amused author John le Carré greatly.
George Smiley
Alec Guinness
Madame Ostrakova
Eileen Atkins
Lauder Strickland
Bill Paterson
Otto Leipzig
Vladek Sheybal
Ferguson
Andy Bradford
Toby Esterhase
Bernard Hepton
Peter Guillam
Michael Byrne
Alexandra Ostrakova
Tusse Silberg
Oliver Lacon
Anthony Bate
Madame La Pierre
Germaine Delbat
Claus Kretzschmar
Mario Adorf
The General
Curd Jürgens
Anton Grigoriev
Michael Lonsdale
Saul Enderby
Barry Foster
Mikhel
Michael Gough
Oleg Kirov
Dudley Sutton
Connie Sachs
Beryl Reid
Karla
Patrick Stewart
