narrative moving. As one critic notes of this novel, "Ultimately Smiley's people are all those who choose humanity over ideology and individuals over institutions". Adaptations Television Smiley's People was dramatized as a six-part serial for television for the BBC in 1982 as a sequel to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), again starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley. The screenplay was written by John le Carré and John Hopkins and was directed by Simon Langton. Two versions of this series exist: 1) the six-part UK version, which expands upon several important aspects of Smiley's objectives and Enderby's endorsement of these, and 2) the six-part PBS version in which much of the "back story" had been excised, for time. Radio In 2009–2011, BBC Radio 4 also broadcast new dramatisations, by Shaun McKenna, of the eight George Smiley novels by John le Carré, featuring Simon Russell Beale as Smiley. Smiley's People was broadcast as three, one-hour episodes, from Thursday 20 October to Sunday 24 October 2011. Possible cinema version Following the success of the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Gary Oldman, who plays George Smiley in the film, said "I think they're whispering now that they might do Smiley's People." Though nothing has yet come of the idea, it was still being refloated a decade later. References External links 1979 British novels British novels adapted into films Cold War spy novels Novels by John le Carré Hodder & Stoughton books British spy novels Novels set in Paris Novels set in London Novels set in Hamburg Novels set in Berlin Secret Intelligence Service in fiction