Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
By: A BBC television production in association with Paramount ; produced by Jonathan Powell ; [directed by John Irvin].
Contributors: Powell, Jonathan.; Irvin, John.; Hopcraft, Arthur.; Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.; Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007.; Aldridge, Michael.; Bannen, Ian, 1928-1999.; Hepton, Bernard.; Rigby, Terence.; Jayston, Michael, 1936-; Bennett, Hywel, 1944-; Bate, Anthony.; Le Carré, John, 1931-; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Acorn Media (Firm)
Edition: Standard format.
Publisher: Acorn Media
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Silver Spring, MD
Language: eng
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Le Carré, John, -- 1931- -- Film and video adaptations.; Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Drama.; Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Genres: Film and video adaptations.; Drama.
Other titles: John Le Carré's Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Description: Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground.
Notes: Based on the novel by John Le Carré; dramatized by Arthur Hopcraft.

At head of title on disc label and container:  John Le Carrée's.

DVD release of the 1980 miniseries.

Special features: Digitally remastered, interview with John le Carré, production notes, cast filmographies, and le Carré biography and booklist.

Photography, Tony Pierce Roberts ; film editor, Chris Wimble ; music, Geoffrey Burgon.

Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, and Anthony Bate.

Not rated.

DVD; Dolby digital.

Closed-captioned.