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The Complete Smiley

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John le Carre's George Smiley novels, adapted for radio

The Complete Smiley: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The Complete Smiley: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Episode 1

Episode 1

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Complete Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Episode 1

Retired George Smiley hunts a mole in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.

Retired George Smiley hunts a mole in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. John le Carre's thriller stars Simon Russell Beale.

Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.

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.

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Retired George Smiley hunts a mole in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. John le Carre's thriller.

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