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Alec Guinness in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: 2

on BBC One London

by John le Carre
Dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft
Also starring (in order of appearance) Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Michael Aldridge, Terence Rigby, Ian Richardson, Hywel Bennett, Patrick Stewart, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Ian Bannen, John Standing, Alexander Knox, Joss Ackland, Sian Phillips

A two-part version

'I still believe that the Secret Services are the only real expression of a nation's character. Until the mid-50s, I still had hopes... lingering loyalty to what we represented... sheer delusion, of course. We were already America's street-walkers.' (Gerald, the Mole)

Contributors

Author:
John Le Carre
Dramatised by:
Arthur Hopcraft
Music composed and conducted by:
Geoffrey Burgon
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Director:
John Irvin
George Smiley:
Alec Guinness
Peter Guillam:
Michael Jayston
Alwyn:
Warren Clarke
Mendel:
George Sewell
Toby Esterhase:
Bernard Hepton
Percy Alleline:
Michael Aldridge
Roy Bland:
Terence Rigby
Bill Haydon:
Ian Richardson
Ricki Tarr:
Hywel Bennett
Karla:
Patrick Stewart
Lacon:
Anthony Bate
Fawn:
Alec Sabin
Alisa Brimley:
Marjorie Hogan
Paul Skordeno:
Joe Praml
Jim Prideaux:
Ian Bannen
Sam Collins:
John Standing
Control:
Alexander Knox
Molly Purcell:
Mandy Cuthbert
Roach:
Duncan Jones
Spikely:
Daniel Beecher
Jerry Westerby:
Joss Ackland
Headmaster:
John Wells
Headmaster's mother:
Betty Hardy
Flemying-Smith:
Guy Standeven
Linda:
Jo Apted
Ann Smiley:
Sian Phillips
Polyakov:
George Pravda

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