Smiley's People

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.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

September 20, 1982

Last aired

October 25, 1982

Episodes

6

Network

BBC Two

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

Paramount,BBC

Creator

John le Carré

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0083480