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Tinker tailor soldier spy [videorecording] / a BBC Television production in association with Paramount ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; directed by John Irvin ; dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft.

Irvin, John, (television director.). Hopcraft, Arthur, (screenwriter.). Powell, Jonathan, (television producer.). Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 (actor.). Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007 (actor.). Jayston, Michael, 1936- (actor.). Stewart, Patrick, 1940- (actor.). Hepton, Bernard, (actor.). Le Carré, John, 1931- Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. (Added Author). Burton, Geoff, 1946- (composer.). British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, (production company.). Paramount Pictures Corporation, (production company.). Acorn Media (Firm), (film distributor.). Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Patrick Stewart, Sir Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton. (Cast).

Summary:

"No doubt remains; a mole has infiltrated the highest level of the Circus, code name for British Secret Intelligence Service. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the labyrinths of Cold War-era espionage and his own past."--Container.

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  • ISBN: 9781598286915
  • ISBN: 1598286919
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (324 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (4 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.).
  • Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Videodisc release of the television mini-series originally broadcast in 1979.
Based on Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy / by John Le Carré.
Title from container.
Release date: Oct. 25, 2011.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2 -- disc 2. Episodes 3-4 -- disc 3. Episodes 5-6.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts; editor, Chris Wimble; music, Geoffrey Burton.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Patrick Stewart, Sir Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
In English; some Eastern European dialogue with English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Subject:
Le Carré, John, 1931- > Television adaptations.
Intelligence service > Great Britain > Drama.
Smiley, George (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Genre:
Television mini-series.
Television adaptations.
Thrillers (Television programs)
Spy television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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