Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy / A BBC Television production in association with Paramount ; Paramount Television ; produced by Jonathan Powell ; directed by John Irvin ; dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoSilver Spring, Md : Distributed by Acorn Media, ©2002.
Description3 videodiscs (approximately 348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020--Television adaptations.
DVD-Video discs.
Intelligence service--Great Britain. --Drama.
Smiley, George (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Espionage--Drama.
Cold War--Drama.

Other author/creatorPowell, Jonathan, 1947- producer.
Other author/creatorIrvin, John, director.
Other author/creatorHopcraft, Arthur screenwriter.
Other author/creatorGuinness, Alec, 1914-2000 actor.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Ian, 1934-2007 actor.
Other author/creatorAldridge, Michael, actor.
Other author/creatorBannen, Ian, 1928-1999 actor.
Other author/creatorHepton, Bernard actor.
Other author/creatorRigby, Terence actor.
Other author/creatorJayston, Michael, 1935-2024 actor.
Other author/creatorBennett, Hywel, 1944-2017 actor.
Other author/creatorBate, Anthony actor.
Other author/creatorLe Carré, John, 1931-2020 Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Other author/creatorParamount Pictures Corporation.
Other author/creatorParamount Television.
Other author/creatorAcorn Media (Firm)
Variant title Title on container: John le Carré's Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Contents disc 1. Episodes 1-2 -- disc. 2. Episodes 3-4 -- disc. 3. Episodes 5-6.
Abstract "No doubt remains, a mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can only be one of four men operating at the very highest level. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the double-blind world of Cold War espionage and his own past."--Container.
General noteBased on the novel by John Le Carré.
General noteOriginally produced for television in 1979.
CreditsPhotography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; film editor, Chris Wimble ; script editor, Betty Willingdale ; music, Geoffrey Burgon.
Cast Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, and Anthony Bate.
Audience Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish audio ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
ISBN1569385262
ISBN9781569385265
UPC 054961526291
Publisher numberAMP-5262 Acorn Media

Availability

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1992.8.S67 T56 2002 DVD V. 1&2 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Compact DVDs PN1992.8.S67 T56 2002 DVD V. 3 ✔ Available Place Hold