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Welcome to this website which is about the BBC productions of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People and, in particular, Sir Alec Guinness’s performance as George Smiley. The aim of this website is to publish fresh material about both series, identify some of the filming locations and signpost visitors to the wonderful content that is already out there. This website is NOT a commercial endeavour and will hopefully be of interest to fans of both productions. I have my dad to thank for my love of these series. He watched each episode beside me when they were first broadcast, but I understood only a little of what I saw back then. As an adult I have seen them many times and find them endlessly compelling and fascinating. The intricacies of the plot and the quality of the acting keep me coming back time after time. Very little television from the 1970s or 80s can hold its own with the best series of today, but these productions can. They were shot on film,...
