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Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest level by a Russian agent. 'Find the mole, George. Clean the stables. Do whatever is necessary.' Reluctantly Smiley agrees, and so embarks on a dark journey into his past a past filled with love, duplicity and betrayal.

Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a star cast including Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham, and Bill Paterson, this epic dramatisation brilliantly depicts the complicated moral dilemmas of those who practice post-war espionage and illuminates the murky corners of le Carré's classic spy thriller - the first in the Karla trilogy.

©2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Dramatisations Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense
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For lovers of radio. Close your eyes and let the mesmerising voices draw you into this le Carre classic.

Classic performance for a classic book.

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This was a totally gripping drama with an excellent cast and accompanying music. As it is part of series I look forward to hearing the other plays.

It kept me glued to the story and had all the tension of the best of BBC plays. Excellent work.

The Mole

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The Alec Guinness/BBC 'Tinker, Tailor' of the 1970s can hardly be surpassed, though this production by the BBC gets close, not by imitating but by nearly equalling the original. It has a good cast, a great Cold War atmosphe and wonderful music, and it goes along at the right pace - relentless, measured, tense, gripping. If you like John le Carre you'll enjoy this, though the unabridged production is far and away a better story. Get both.

A classic given a classic face-lift

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This has to be one of the darkest and best things I have ever listened to....loved it

Spectacular

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A great story but the dramatisation is so well done with Simon Russell Beale outstanding that it is worth listening too even if you know the book well.

terrific

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