Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is only a TV show.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré . Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson . It won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film . The film also received three Academy Awards nominations : Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Original Score , and for Oldman , Best Actor . Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1979 seven-part drama spy mini-series made by BBC TV .