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Tinker tailor soldier spy / a BBC Television production in association with Paramount ; producer, Jonathan Powell ; directed by John Irvin ; dramatised by Arthur Hopcraft.

LIBRA DVD 019 148 disc 1-3 + leaflet
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, author.
Contributor:
Irvin, John, director.
Hopcraft, Arthur, adapter, screenwriter.
Powell, Jonathan, producer.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor.
Richardson, Ian, 1934-2007, actor.
Jayston, Michael, 1935-2024, actor.
Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor.
Hepton, Bernard, actor.
Burton, Geoff, 1946- composer.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, producer.
Acorn Media (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020--Television adaptations.
Le Carré, John.
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020.
Intelligence service--Great Britain--Drama.
Intelligence service.
Smiley, George (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Smiley, George.
Smiley, George (Fictitious character).
Great Britain.
Genre:
Drama.
Television mini-series.
Television adaptations.
Thrillers (Television programs)
Spy television programs.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (324 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet ([4] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2011]
Language Note:
In English; some Eastern European dialogue with English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital.
digital
optical
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
"No doubt remains; a mole has infiltrated the highest level of the Circus, code name for British Secret Intelligence Service. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the labyrinths of Cold War-era espionage and his own past."--Container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2
disc 2. Episodes 3-4
disc 3. Episodes 5-6.
Participant:
Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Patrick Stewart, Sir Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton.
Credits:
Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts; editor, Chris Wimble; music, Geoffrey Burton.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the television mini-series originally broadcast in 1979.
Based on Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy / by John Le Carré.
ISBN:
9781598286915
1598286919
OCLC:
755810711
Publisher Number:
054961869190
AMP-8691 Acorn Media

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