-- talking about george smiley. john le carre on this program at this table. smiley is you? >> i'm still very shy. that's the truth. it's not a false shyness. i'm awkward. i never feel i buy the right clothes. i... i find life embarrassing in many ways and smiley does, too. i think i'm better at work than at living which is smiley's situation. >> rose: well said. >> and i... i think seeing a lot is very painful and that was smiley's misfortune. >> rose: in his own eyes and in world. >> and in the world he did. >> rose: his wife's infidelity and all of that. >> that's right. but also in the examination of other people. he had a trained observer's mind and information about people seemed to come naturally to him. >> rose: interesting. >> mmm. very. >> rose: does any of that surprise you? >> no. you get the feeling when you're with him that... >> rose: you see smile glee >> yeah. i mean when i first started to work on the... like i said on the voice, it's actually matched. it's sort of... you know he's a little... obvi

i bring 33 years of experience to smiley. experience you know, am i the only acker that could play it? no. but it is-- so i bring, i hope, i bring an interesting, an interesting life to it. >> and you can do stillness and at the same time it has expression. >> i hope. >> katherine stock ard's book the hell is an em nant story about racism in the deep south of the dawn of the civil rights movement. viola davis shines as cooper, a maid working in a white household it is a very personal role for davis whose's own life mirrors the experience in some ways. >> they killed my son. he fell carrying 2 x 4s at the mill. truck ran over him, crushed his lung. >> that that you his body on the back of a truck, drove him to the coloured hospital. dumped him there and honked a horn. >> an lean clark is a maid in 1962, mississippi. when are you introduced to her in the story she has lost her son, 24 years old. she lost him in an industrial accident and she is basically dead inside. she has decided to stop working. she's depressed and then dec

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. on sunday night, the academy awards will be held here in los angeles, and the movie academy once again honors excellent in film. tonight, we will look at some of the products and players, including the two films that received the most nominations, "hugo" and "the artist," and we will have a spirited conversation with actresses viola davis and octavia spencer. there has been talk about the kinds of roles being offered in hollywood and the kinds of roles for people in color. we will also here as a man who has established himself, harvey weinstein's. this is coming up, right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> the movie "hugo" is up for more awards and any other film, the story of an orphan in the 1930's and stars the oscar winn

with smiley, you can't futs too much-- fuss too much and mess with the molecules.t work here. and you, i am, i think, inevitably going to arrive at the same destinations, not all of them, but the same, the same destination that guinness arrived at. >> rose: what dow mean by destination. >> well, there are just certain character traits that smiley has that you-- that you can't mess with. just for the sake of making it modern or different. >> rose: george smiley was a classic character in the same way that hamlet is a classic character. >> yeah, but there's a motor. there's-- it's like a little wheel. it's his running condition. there's a melancholly. there's a-- h's a disillusioned romantic. >> genuine-- but its topicality makes it suspect. >> smiley is a -- >> where did it come from? what's the accent? >> a new secret source of mine. >> but how copossibly have access. >> he had access to the most sensitive levels of policymaking. >> the operation. >> percenty and his piles by pass our smiley, gone straight to the minister. percenty has been allow to keep the identt

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley.ext time for a conversation with joe scarborough and a look at the gop primary race. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> this is "bbc world news." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank.

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight the conversation with personal finance experts and best-selling author suze orman. she has recently announced a prepaid card aimed at people wary of using bank credit cards called the approved card. we are glad you joined us for a conversation with suze orman coming up. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or walmart stands together with better. thank you. always pleased to have suze orman on the show. this is the first time you have been on the set as opposed to a satellite feed. the perennial best-selling author is now the host of the new series airs monday at 9:00 on own. >> it was hard for me to go from being the breadwinner to being the person who used to make sure the house was clean. >> it is important to understand your wife has been cheating on you financially, but she can save the most precious relationship of her life, and i think what this relationship is going to need is action. you are goi

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. conversation with music's most outrageous artist, sinead o'connor. in addition to a song she contributed, to the new glenn close movie. she is out with a new cd called "how about i be me (and you be you)." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: sinead o'connor has been not one of music's most outspoken artist for the past 25 years. she has a number of critically acclaimed albums. her latest cd is called "how about i be me (and you be you)." i love the title. here is a video from the project. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ smile ♪e ♪ meke me laugh ♪ tavis: oftentimes difficult, everybody writing about your new project agrees this may be your most romantic cd to date. was that intentional? >> it was not so much intentional, but it happens. it is the subc

i am tavon smiley. -- tavis smiley. this is a look at the world of course racing and stars. the show was written and treated by david milch. to have join us for a look at the new series. >> every community has a vermont -- martin luther king boulevard. it is paid cornerstone we all know. it is not a street or boulevard. it is one that gets together with your community to meet every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. films michael mann's include "all day," and "the aviator for a chrome hbo's "locuck." here's a look. >> welcome home, mr. bernstein. with peopleou have been in my apartment, you better get them out. >> i only do this for fun now. >> good for you, kid. so did die. david milch and michael mann, is that like crockett and tubbs? [laughter] >> it is a combination that we have talked about for a long time. tavis: how did you come together on this particular project? >> david asked me if i wanted to direct the pilot. i read it and i did not necessarily want to direct the pilot, but the writing was so addictive and s

tavis: i am tavis smiley. to me for a candid conversation with singer-songwriter sinead o'connor. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone that we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard. it is a place where walmart comes together with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. joine next time for a conversation with personal finance manager and best-selling author suze orman. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.

from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, we will bring you the story of peggy bartels, a ghanaian who was named king of a small village called otuam, and now known as king peggy, she continues to lead a small village while continuing as a secretary in the embassy of gonna in the city. tonight, peggy bartels, in her own words with a story you will have to hear her tell to believe it. we have a conversation with ghana's king peggy, coming up. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in 2008, peggy bartels got a telephone call that she could only assume was, -- some kind of joke or prank. working at the embassy of god in washington, her cousin had called to say that her uncle, the king of a small village in gonna, had passed away, and she had been chosen as the new

beenfrom los angeles, i am tavis smiley. with the academy awards just around the corner, there is a focus on the stars and the popular films, but as with a recent years, some of the best work being done in the filmmaking community these days continues to be in the documentary category, so we will highlight two of the oscar- nominated products. first up, "the barber of birmingham: foot soldier of the civil rights movement," the story of a barber and his journey through history. then, in conversation with lucy walker on her latest "the tsunami and the cherry blossom," a film which chronicles the japanese efforts to heal from last year's devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis. a look at to of this year's oscar-nominated documentaries, coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik