A six-part serial by John le Carré screenplay by JOHN LE CARRE and JOHN HOPKINS also starring, in order of appearance Barry Foster , Bill Paterson
Michael Byrne , Bernard Hepton Anthony Bate , Sián Phillips Rosalie Crutchley and featuring Michael Lonsdale
5: ' If a rogue elephant charges at me out of the thickets of my past and gives me a second shot at it, I intend to shoot it dead, but with the minimum of force.'
Leipzig was dead but Kretzschmar had the tapes - Kirov's confession and the fruits of Leipzig's blackmail. Armed with this evidence Smiley has called for a crash meeting with Saul Enderby , currently head of the Circus.
Music composed and conducted by PATRICK GOWERS
Film editor CLARE DOUGLAS Designer AUSTEN SPRIGGS
Photography KENNETH MACMILLAN Producer JONATHAN POWELL Director SIMON LANGTON
* Subtitles on Ceefax page 270