Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, TV Series, 1979

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1938 Alvis 4.3 Litre

Ep. 5-7

1972 Austin 1300 MkIII

Ep. 4

1979 Austin FX4

Ep. 7

1976 Austin Maxi MkII

Ep. 1

1968 Austin Mini MkII

Ep. 2

1976 Austin Morris 10cwt Van

Ep. 6

1975 Citroën CX

Ep. 1

1974 Citroën GS

Ep. 1

Commer 1500

Ep. 4

1971 Fiat 124 Special

Ep. 1

1975 Fiat 127 Special

Ep. 1

1976 Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII

Ep. 3

1978 Ford Granada MkII

Ep. 4

1978 Ford Granada MkII

Ep. 7

1966 Ford Transit MkI

Ep. 7

1962 Mercedes-Benz 180 [W120]

Ep. 7

1976 Mercedes-Benz 280 E [W123]

Ep. 1

1973 Mini Clubman Estate

Ep. 1

1978 Morgan 4/4

Ep. 1

Morris FG

Ep. 1

1974 Opel Kadett [C]

Ep. 1

1978 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II

Ep. 1

1972 Rover 2000 SC MkII [P6]

Ep. 3, 5

1976 Simca 1307

Ep. 1

Volkswagen Rabbit I [Typ 17]

Ep. 1

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Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2009-12-04 16:47	Filmed in the UK. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080297/locations Quote The Czechoslovakia scenes were filmed in and around Glasgow, Scotland, which producer Jonathan Powell says "was a very rough, poverty-stricken place" in 1979. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080297/trivia
dsl ◊ 2013-12-27 00:18	Excellent TV series which I really enjoyed when it first appeared, but it was perhaps too complicated to understand properly all the subtle plot twists and logic. Or I'm not clever enough. The 2011 film is much simpler but does keep most of the main themes in a more coherent progress and loses some of the red herrings. And when I rewatched the TV series for this entry, I found I understood it a lot better because I'd seen the film. But the TV series is still well worth the effort. imdb only gives UK locations (London, Glasgow, Oxford) but I guess there was some actual central Europe filming in ep1 alongside Glasgow pretending to be foreign, and early ep2 has some "Portugese" sequences which do look as if genuine Portugal - difficult to see how they could be UK. The ep1 checkpoint - despite the SNP sign I do not think it's Scotland: - anyone able to explain 29.8.1944?? Various 1* cars in ep1 - never shown properly, but are recognisable: 11-46 black Fiat 128 coupe at border checkpoint: and then reappears in the town: 12-22 - Opel KAD (A) at border checkpoint: 12-49 - Volvo truck at checkpoint 22-53 - military van in "Czechoslovakia" but could easily be a VW LT in a Scottish forest: 23-43 - an apparently random 504 Estate passing by in a London street: but reappears in Lacon's driveway after 43-12, so is probably a crew car -- Last edit: 2013-12-28 13:13:01
dsl ◊ 2013-12-27 01:57	1* backgrounds (continued): Ep2 43-42 Mercedes bonnet: Ep3 31-57 - Smiley's Rover 2000 parks next to a Volvo 145 which is being fitted with hidden microphones by spooks: 39-06 - Smiley and Hayden walk past a brown 1975 Cortina Mk3 XL -- Last edit: 2013-12-27 14:05:03
chris40 ◊ 2013-12-27 08:41	dsl wrote - anyone able to explain 29.8.1944?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising -- Last edit: 2013-12-27 14:44:02
dsl ◊ 2013-12-27 14:11	1* backgrounds (continued): Ep 4 - 32-40 - some sort of smallish coach in shadows: -- Last edit: 2013-12-28 13:08:51
Weasel1984 ◊ 2013-12-27 15:23	The caravan with kid inside is Niewiadów. IMO Simca, Golf and Commer are worth own pages...
dsl ◊ 2013-12-27 22:39	Can anyone work this one out? Ep6 - 32-34 Smiley walks past a black car at night, with one of his minders pretending to fix the engine while watching for pursuers (so it could be 2*). First thought was FX4 taxi, but it does not seem to have the display at front of roof, and the bonnet when open does not include the radiator grille. So what is it? If after all FX4, I'll add it to another FX4 page which is waiting in the queue. -- Last edit: 2013-12-27 23:54:47
Ingo ◊ 2013-12-27 22:58	dsl wrote The ep1 checkpoint - despite the SNP sign I do not think it's Scotland: - anyone able to explain 29.8.1944?? Well, the times may change. Then there will be similar locations, but on the signs will be written "18.9.2014" Due the several COMECON-cars on this pic, plus the Volvo-truck, which was a very popular model in Eastern Block countries back then, also due the architecture, I think, this pic may be from Eastern Europe. About the 29.8.1944: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_National_Uprising
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2013-12-27 23:16	The border crossing has a Mobil station /vehicle.php?id=261473 so I suppose it must be somewhere on the Austria-(Czecho-)Slovakia border...
Ingo ◊ 2013-12-27 23:21	Any locals here, who may know details? @wickey:
dsl ◊ 2013-12-28 00:18	1* backgrounds - SPECIAL SAAB COLLECTION : - ep6 19-17 - early 99 in street - ep7 16-25 - parked 96 alongside the Alvis No headrests.
dsl ◊ 2013-12-28 00:29	1* backgrounds (concluded) - ep6 assortment: 16-00 Cortina Mk4 estate 33-23 Imp and Hunter Estate 33-40 Granada Mk1, Anglia 105E and Mini Mk3 36-26 (larger than usual?) railway platform thingie at Dover station 36-44 assortment at Dover ferry terminal 36-49 luggage trolleys towed onto the Ostend ferry by a BMC J4 of some sort Dover can be added to the location list - these are all film sequences, not stock footage. No relevant entries from ep7. -- Last edit: 2013-12-28 01:32:09
dsl ◊ 2013-12-28 02:34	Completed. Pictures replaced, details added, several new entries. Difficult series as there are relatively few 2+* cars, but millions of 1* possibles to filter out and decide whether or not to capture.. Ep1 is fairly car heavy, but some other eps have virtually nothing worth capturing. I would add Portugal (Lisbon?) and Dover as definites to imdb's list of locations, and possibly somewhere like Austria/Czechoslovakia border (but it is unclear if the various scenes in ep1 area are simply a mix of cleverly faked Glasgow and stock footage or also include genuine footage from that area).
chicomarx ◊ 2013-12-28 18:22	dsl wrote SPECIAL SAAB COLLECTION We approve.
dsl ◊ 2013-12-28 19:06	My cup runneth over.
Ingo ◊ 2013-12-28 20:17	dsl wrote 1* backgrounds - SPECIAL SAAB COLLECTION : Somewhere we already had discussed the topic "Saab in Czechoslovakia". IIRC there was a remarkable export via the state-owned TUZEX-company.
mauriceoxford ◊ 2021-06-06 14:29	"Can anyone work this one out? Ep6 - 32-34 Smiley walks past a black car at night, with one of his minders pretending to fix the engine while watching for pursuers (so it could be 2*). First thought was FX4 taxi, but it does not seem to have the display at front of roof, and the bonnet when open does not include the radiator grille. So what is it? If after all FX4, I'll add it to another FX4 page which is waiting in the queue." Jowett Javelin? Austin Devon? Looks 40s with the door frames, plus an alligator bonnet. Weird age of car for a spy to use in 1979 anyway.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-06-06 14:38	I have the dvd, but NZ have just declared. Sorry.
Sunbar ◊ 2021-06-06 20:06	Jowett Javelin by the details I can see. (On IPlayer currently.) Six-light saloon with no quarter-lite glasses and fast-back rear also missing a mascot on a short bonnet. Link to "upload.wikimedia.org" -- Last edit: 2021-06-06 20:08:42
mauriceoxford ◊ 2021-06-06 20:34	Agree. Still think it's a strange car for the Circus to have in their fleet but here we are.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-09-29 18:07	I’ve spotted a great blooper. In the last episode, when the Russian go-between is bundled onto the back of a transit van, presumably to be sent back to Russia to be “de-briefed”, as the Van accelerates out of frame the sound track is of a Minor 1000. -- Last edit: 2023-09-29 18:07:47

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