i have just watch the whole 6 episode on dvd . the act throughout be excellent no question . there be not quite enough action for me i must say . no real suspense a such and just plenty of first class character development . nothing like tinker tailor in term of whodunnit . if you like a good story slowly and carefully tell then this be for you . peter egan a the lead magnus pym be excellent . the film portray the life of a traitor . a man who should have be a loyal member of the british intelligence service but who be so damage psychologically by his unhappy childhood that deception become his way of life in all thing . a a child he adore his father but his father be expose time and time again a a crook and a con man . pym betray not for ideology or money but because he need to deceive those close to him ( wife and son and mentor ) . pym be fatally damage by his father influence it have eat his moral fibre away . he have no real love or loyalty in him . heavy psychological stuff and not many light moment in the 6 hour series . very well do though .