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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy BBC4 Tues 19/11 10pm

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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Also it dawned on me that Matt Berry's voice (Toast, The It Crowd) is an OTT version of Ian Richardson :D
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Just noticed that BBC4 is showing Smiley's People.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xvygv
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0073n7r
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    mike65mike65 Posts: 11,386
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    Yep, meant to to bump this. Seamless continuation apart from Dudley Sutton as a Russian! Didn't even recognise Ingrid Pitt.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    I only watched TTSP last year, after watching the film, and enjoyed it very much.

    I hope this will be on iPlayer/On Demand if it's as good as the original series.

    I watch a few things on BBC4 but saw no advertising for this at all.
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    jo2015jo2015 Posts: 6,021
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Yep, meant to to bump this. Seamless continuation apart from Dudley Sutton as a Russian! Didn't even recognise Ingrid Pitt.

    Actually

    Wait till you hear Esterhase's accent

    And how Guillam looks
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Watched the first two episodes last night and it's intruiging. A very slow burner though.

    I wonder how modern audiences would take to it if it was a new series.
    True Detective was quite slow paced and apparently people are disappointed with Fortitude for being slow, although i've not got round to watching it yet.


    Also surprising to see Maureen Lipman and Alan Rickman popup in cameos.
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    mike65mike65 Posts: 11,386
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    I love it - nothing "happening" slowly and yet completely absorbing. Smilie is a fascinating figure. Apparently civilised and gentle but with a bitter contemptuous core running right through him.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    A very nuanced perfomance. Love the way that he knows how the system works so is always guarded in what he says. Even a simple reply to a everyday question he thinks what the angle is an reponds appropriately.
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