Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1979 miniseries
Shares rank 3 of 5 TV miniseries by recommenders
Recommended as an excellent 1979 spy miniseries about a mole in MI6, with praised performances and charisma. One critic found it slow on rewatch.
Recommended as an excellent 1979 spy miniseries about a mole in MI6, with praised performances and charisma. One critic found it slow on rewatch.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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What people warn about
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Feels slow on rewatch
“I watched it again recently and found it slow”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chernobyl HBO miniseries | 23 | 14 | 62% | 7 | — | — |
| Danger UXB | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1979 miniseriesThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| The Queen's Gambit | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Smiley's People | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Never have I seen such presence and charisma squeezed into so short a scene.”
“I watched it again recently and found it slow”
“some of the best stuff I have ever watched”
“an excellent miniseries from 1979 about a mole in MI6, perhaps the best spy series ever made”
“constant companions for me on road trips”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.