Brightened, HD - E3, E4. Veteran spy master George Smiley is called out on a top secret mission: to uncover a Soviet agent (''a mole'') within top British intelligence's echelons. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 seven-part drama spy miniseries, directed by John Irvin, based on John le Carré's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974). The mini-series stars Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Ian Richardson, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, Hywel Bennett, George Sewell, Beryl Reid, Susan Kodicek, Terence Rigby, Sian Philips, Alexander Knox, Michael Aldridge, Patrick Stewart.