Classic Serial - The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,
Spy
Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic novel featuring
intelligence officer George Smiley. Simon Russell Beale stars.
Wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, Smiley is summoned to a secret
meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged of infiltration
at the highest level by a Russian agent. "Find the mole, George. Clean the stables.
Do whatever is necessary," Smiley is told. Reluctantly, he agrees, embarking on a
dark journey into his past � a past filled with love, duplicity and betrayal.
Told across three hours, this is an epic depiction of the complicated moral
dilemmas of the people quietly out-manoeuvring each other in the Cold War. Smiley's
investigation takes him through the post-war world of espionage from old colleagues
to current adversaries.
Review From The Radio Times
These John le Carr� radio dramatisations have been one of the highlights of the
year and we now reach arguably his most famous tale of espionage. Simon Russell
Beale remains suitably brooding and precise as George Smiley, this time called upon
to spy on the spymasters in order to identify a Soviet mole buried deep in the
British Intelligence Service. The plotting is complex (and deserving of the three-
part treatment), while the world of "the Circus" with its safe houses and
"scalphunters" is brought to vivid life in a steely production that certainly puts
the cold into Cold War.
-- David Brown
1/3 Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in Czechoslovakia, the
British Secret Intelligence Service has been in trouble. Now, the government has
been forced to call George Smiley back from retirement to investigate the whole
incident and to seek out the mole they believe to be at the heart of the service.
George Smiley .......................... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ................................. Anna Chancellor
Jim Prideaux .................................. Anthony Calf
Peter Guillam .................................. Ewan Bailey
Oliver Lacon ................................. Alex Jennings
Ricki Tarr ................................... Jamie Foreman
Irina ........................................ Vera Filatova
Mendel ..................................... Kenneth Cranham
Connie Sachs .................................. Maggie Steed
Magyar ......................................... Peter Majer
Roddy Martindale ................................ Philip Fox
Bill Roach ..................................... Ryan Watson
2/3 George Smiley, called back from retirement, tries to piece together the events
of the past to find the mole he believes is tearing apart the British Secret
Intelligence Service.
George Smiley .......................... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ................................. Anna Chancellor
Control .......................................... John Rowe
Peter Guillam .................................. Ewan Bailey
Percy Alleline ............................... Bill Paterson
Ricki Tarr ................................... Jamie Foreman
Toby Esterhase .................................... Sam Dale
Bill Haydon .................................. Michael Feast
Roy Bland.................................. David Hargreaves
Sam Collins ............................... Nicholas Boulton
3/3 George Smiley, called back from retirement, is reaching the end of his hunt to
find the mole he believes is tearing the British Secret Intelligence Service apart.
George Smiley .......................... Simon Russell Beale
Ann Smiley ................................. Anna Chancellor
Control .......................................... John Rowe
Peter Guillam .................................. Ewan Bailey
Jim Prideaux .................................. Anthony Calf
Mendel ..................................... Kenneth Cranham
Magyar ......................................... Peter Majer
Ricki Tarr ................................... Jamie Foreman
Toby Esterhase .................................... Sam Dale
Bill Haydon .................................. Michael Feast
Karla ........................................... Philip Fox
Polyakov ..................................... Stephen Greif
Steve Mackelvore .............................. Piers Wehner
Mrs McCraig .................................... Kate Layden
Bill Roach ..................................... Ryan Watson
Type : mpeg 1 layer III
Bitrate : 160
Mode : joint stereo
Frequency : 44100 Hz
Length : 02:50:01
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Source : iPlayer
