Smiley's People

Description: Classic spy drama starring Alec Guinness

Newest Review: ... much the same labyrinthine way as Tinker Tailor, but the audience really doesn't know what the purpose of it all is until well past the halfway mark. Although in retrospect this can be seen to have worked quite well - we're as much in the dark as Smiley - when you first watch it, it can seem like a bit of a nightmare, trying to remember who everyone is and what they said hours ... more

... earlier. The fact that the series opens with a prologue about an exiled Russian woman living in France (Eileen Atkins), with Smiley not showing up for about half an hour, doesn't help matters much. But this is a fairly minor quibble, really. When it gets g...more

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Smiley's People: Come spy with me (1507 words)
by - written on 07/03/02 (Very useful, 691 readings)
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This is the sequel to the hugely acclaimed and popular series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Produced by the BBC in 1982, it again stars Alec Guinness as the semi-retired spy George Smiley. It was originally broadcast in seven episodes, and, like Tinker Tailor, was based on a novel by John Le Carré. In Tinker Tailor, Smiley had to come out of retirement in order to find a double agent (or 'mole') who had infiltrated the British secret service (presumably MI6, but only referred to as 'The Circus'). Smiley's People is set some years after Tinker Tailor. Smiley is again called upon by his former employers. An ageing Russian General (Curd Jürgens, ... Read the complete review

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