having been transformed into an acclaimed 1979 BBC television series starring Alec Guinness. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has been praised as an introspective take on 1970s espionage, with one ...

Career intelligence officer Smiley became the author’s most well-known character and was made even more famous by Alec Guinness in the TV series of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy which aired in the ...

In this month's subscriber essay, Manu Ekanayake revisits the BBC adaptation of John Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to explore ideas of Englishness and patriotism corrupted by the Establishment ...

The Oscar-winning star portrays the ageing spymaster in 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, in which he must uncover a Soviet mole at MI6 during the early 1970s. Critically acclaimed and a box ...

It sees Oldman play George Smiley who has to hunt down a Soviet double agent at the top at the British secret service, teaming up with the likes of Peter Guillam ( Benedict Cumberbatch) and Ricki Tarr ...