第九季共4集 　　1、Five Little Pigs 啤酒谋杀案 　　2、Sad Cypress H庄园的一次午餐 　　3、Death on the Nile 尼罗河上的惨案 　　4、The Hollow 空幻之屋

Romantic entanglements are complicated by a unique silver cow creamer that is desired by both Bertie's Uncle Thomas and his rival, Judge Sir Watkyn Bassett. Sir Watkyn purchases the creamer by telling the shopkeeper, falsely, that Thomas had sent him. Bertie's Aunt Dahlia and friend "Stiffy" Byng both want him to steal the creamer for different reasons, but Judge Sir Watkyn has...

PLANOFATTACK—WiththeHastingspoliceforcesufferingattritionandlowmorale,FoylecomesoutofretirementtoprobethemysteriousdeathofacartographerfromtheAirMinistryoffice.BROKENSOULS—Themurderofanambitiousyoungdoctoratthelocalpsychiatricclinicproducesnoshortageofsuspectsamongthestaffandpatients,manyofwhomstillexperiencethewar’shorrors.ALLCLEAR—Withfinalvictoryexpectedanyday,Hastingslooksaheadtoaradicallydifferentpost-warlife.Buttheendcomestoosoonfortwomen—oneamurdervictim,theotheranapparentsuicide.

根据世界级英裔美籍著名幽默作家P.G.Wodehouse的系列作品改编，编剧Clive Exton同时也是ITV拳头剧《大侦探波罗》(Poirot)系列的主力编剧。主演史蒂芬·弗莱(Stephen Fry)和休·劳瑞(Hugh Laurie)均为剑桥出身，与爱玛·汤普森(Emma Thompson)等当年同在剑桥Footlights表演俱乐部演出(Monty Python主要成员也出身于此)，两人均多才多艺，剑桥之后在电影、电视、广播领域长年合作。国内观众对这两位的印象可能主要来自Richard Curtis/Ben Elton编剧、罗温·艾金森(Rowan Atkinson)主演的《黑爵士》(Blackadder)系列。小说作者P.G. Wodehouse，通译沃德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国小说家和喜剧作家。以塑造“绅士中的绅士”Jeeves...

Quote: 　　这部是 "所谓的Smiley三部曲的终结。Smiley最终胜利了，不过这并不能给他带来一丝快乐，因为他知道英国在冷战中无关大局。Smiley是James Bond的反面，矮胖，穿不合身的衣服，以研究德语古诗歌为爱好，妻子不忠。Alec Guiness演的Smiley很有名，le Carre也很满意，专门有书献给Guiness。"