Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Full Show Summary In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control, resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control believed one of four senior figures in the service was in fact a Russian agent - a mole - and the Hungary operation was an attempt to identify which of them it was. Smiley had been forced into retirement by the departure of Control, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent, Ricky Tarr, that there was a mole. Smiley considers that the failure of the Hungary operation and the continuing success of Operation Witchcraft (an apparent source of significant Soviet intelligence) confirms this, and takes up the task of finding him. |

Last Episode, 22 October 1979:
Season 1, Episode 7: Flushing Out the Mole
- Episode Guide
- Cast
Date Aired | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Episodes |
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Season 1 | |
10 September 1979 | Season 1, Episode 1: Return to the Circus |
17 September 1979 | Season 1, Episode 2: Tarr Tells His Story |
24 September 1979 | Season 1, Episode 3: Smiley Tracks the Mole |
01 October 1979 | Season 1, Episode 4: How It All Fits Together |
08 October 1979 | Season 1, Episode 5: Tinker Tailor |
15 October 1979 | Season 1, Episode 6: Smiley Sets a Trap |
22 October 1979 | Season 1, Episode 7: Flushing Out the Mole |
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