Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Smiley Sets a Trap (S1EP6 BBC Two 15 Oct 1979, Joss Ackland)

Smiley Sets a Trap: Smiley now has the information he needs and starts to stir things up with the men of which Control suspected one to be the mole. He is able to eliminate two, himself and one other. The waiting begins, when suddenly the message arrives that Prideaux has disappeared.

Regular Cast: Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Michael Jayston (Peter Guillam), Anthony Bate (Oliver Lacon)

Guest Cast: Ian Bannen (Jim Prideaux), Bernard Hepton (Toby Esterhase), George Sewell (Mendel), Hywel Bennett (Ricki Tarr), Joss Ackland, John Wells, Betty Hardy, Guy Standeven, Duncan Jones, Daniel Beecher, Jo Apted, Alec Sabin

Writers: Arthur Hopcraft / Director: John Irvin

Airdate: 15 Oct 1979 on BBC Two Two

Series: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Season 1 Episode 6

Show Info: Six part spy drama serial. Ageing spy George Smiley is called out of retirement to track down a deadly double agent.

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Return to the Circus (S1EP1 BBC Two 10 Sep 1979, Ian Richardson)

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tarr Tells His Story (S1EP2 BBC Two 17 Sep 1979, Hywel Bennett)

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Smiley Tracks the Mole (S1EP3 BBC Two 24 Sep 1979, Beryl Reid)

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: How It All Fits Together (S1EP4 BBC Two 1 Oct 1979, George Sewell)

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tinker Tailor (S1EP5 BBC Two 8 Oct 1979, Ian Bannen)

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Flushing Out the Mole (S1EP7 BBC Two 22 Oct 1979, Michael Jayston)

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