Smiley's People (1982)
- Directed by
- Simon Langton
- Genre
- drama, mystery
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
George Smiley gets pulled back into espionage work when a former colleague is killed. He follows a trail of clues that leads him into a complex spy game with the Soviets.
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What happens
Smiley’s People is a 1982 British six-part spy drama by the BBC. Directed by Simon Langton and produced by Jonathan Powell, it is the television adaptation of the 1979 spy novel Smiley's People by John le Carré, and a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (missing out the second book in the trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, which was not filmed for cost reasons). Starring Alec Guinness, Michael Byrne, Anthony Bate and Bernard Hepton, it was first shown in the United Kingdom from 20 September to 25 October 1982, and in the United States beginning on 25 October 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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