Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Part 1 of 7. Return to the Circus.

1979 television adaptation of John le Carré's 1974 novel .

First broadcast 10th September 1979.

Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement, others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal, but all agree that nobody ever leaves the Circus without some unfinished business.

George Smiley: Alec Guinness
Toby Esterhase: Bernard Hepton
Roy Bland: Terence Rigby
Percy Alleline: Michael Aldridge
Bill Naydon: Ian Richardson
Control: Alexander Knox
Mendel: George Sewell
Jim Prideaux: Ian Bannen
Peter Guillam: Michael Jayston
Roddy Martindale: Nigel Stock
Lacon: Anthony Bate
Ricki Tarr: Hywel Bennett
Irina: Susan Kodicek
Connie Sachs: Beryl Reid
Barak: Milos Kirek
Czech guard: Eugene Lipinski
Fawn: Alec Sabin
Bookseller: Brian Hawksley