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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV series · 1979 · Mini-Series

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is ranked #5 in one published list on Made the Cut, and is #19 of 72 in the films and TV census.

Genres Mini-Series, Drama, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery

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Ranked in one published list

#5Time Out TV ranking: top 20 TV shows (excerpt)Made the Cut source library · @curated-library · 20 rankedMade the Cut

Where Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ranks

#3Best Mystery Seriesof 5 ranked
#8Best Drama Seriesof 23 ranked
#9Best Seriesof 25 ranked

About Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar-man, thief. George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

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