Funerals & Snakes

Funerals & Snakes

Something to watch tonight: Wednesday 12 February

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Irvin, 1979)

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Dan Slevin
Feb 12, 2025
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Alec Guinness as the inimitable George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

On this day* back in 2019, I posted this personal appreciation of one of the greatest television series of all time (and its sequel).

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