Classic Serial - The Complete Smiley - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - Episode 1

Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley. Berlin, the early 1960s - the Wall is up between East and West and the Cold War is at freezing point. Alec Leamas is Circus Head of Station in Berlin, and his network of agents in East Germany is in great danger. Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell Control ...... John Rowe Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane Elsie/Elvira ...... Siobhan Redmond Ashe ...... Jamie Newall Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox Grocer ...... David Hargreaves CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew This episode is available until 3.00pm on 26th July as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.