No one in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' encompasses this thankless existence better than our would-be hero, George Smiley. This is the life of a spy - dreary, shadowy, terribly pessimistic, and frightfully lonely. This is an environment where a single glare of the eyes is just as nerve-wracking as looking down the barrel of a gun, where literally no person can be trusted, not even those believed to be intimate friends. There is no idolized, operatic display of hand-to-hand combat or gun-fights. From its opening moments, we are instantly immersed into the dark, anxiety-ridden world of espionage, where even a scheduled meeting between the head officers inside a bland room fills with tension. Revealing the inner-workings of intelligence-gathering, and the high-risk stakes placed on protecting one's country, the show dispels the glamourized fantasy adventures of secret agents.
Much like the real life of a spy, the smallest, most seemingly-fruitless piece of information could mean the difference between the security of a nation and its downfall. This is a show which demands that its viewers listen carefully to every conversation and utterance.
There's no denying the fact that the BBC's 1979 television adaptation of John le Carré's novel 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is a difficult and challenging series, but fans of the novel and of le Carré's work in general should be more than thrilled to see the densely complex story brought to life with terrific detail and authenticity.
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