Limited Series
Episodes
S1 · E1 · 10 Sept 1979 · 50 min
Return to the Circus
Retired espionage veteran George Smiley is called out on a top-secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
S1 · E2 · 17 Sept 1979 · 49 min
Tarr Tells His Story
British agent Ricki Tarr, believed to have defected, resurfaces with sensational information: confirmation of a Russian mole in the Service.
S1 · E3 · 24 Sept 1979 · 47 min
Smiley Tracks the Mole
The investigation begins, with Peter Guillam burgling the archives for information, while Smiley visits an old comrade whose past knowledge could prove vital to locating the spy.
S1 · E4 · 1 Oct 1979 · 43 min
How It All Fits Together
While Guillam and Tarr come under pressure, Smiley recounts his one meeting with Soviet master spy Karla, who is undoubtedly running the mole inside MI6.
S1 · E5 · 8 Oct 1979 · 45 min
Tinker Tailor
Smiley calls on ex-Circus spy San Collins, who was the duty officer the night Jim Prideaux was shot. Collins confirms the events as Smiley understands them and that Prideaux's good friend Bill Hayden is the senior officer who took charge of the case after all hell broke loose. Smiley subsequently meets with Prideaux to get a firsthand account of the events during the disastrous Operation Testify in Czechoslovakia.
S1 · E6 · 15 Oct 1979 · 41 min
Smiley Sets a Trap
Smiley confronts one of his suspects and gives him the results of his investigations, which could prove a considerable embarrassment to those concerned.
S1 · E7 · 22 Oct 1979 · 43 min
Flushing Out the Mole
Smiley springs his trap and catches the mole, who confesses how and why it happened, and the answers ultimately rob Smiley of any sense of victory.
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