Les Gens de Smiley

Synopsis

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.

First aired

20 Sept 1982

Created by

John le Carré

Runtime

50 min / episode · 1 season

Original title

Smiley's People

Cast

Alec Guinness

George Smiley