India, Sept. 29 -- Matthew Macfadyen is the latest actor to take on John le Carre's iconic spymaster George Smiley, with the BBC and MGM+ unveiling the first look at the "Succession" star in the upcoming series "Legacy of Spies".

Macfadyen, best known for playing Tom Wambsgans in "Succession" and Mr Darcy in the 2005 adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice", is seen sporting Smiley's trademark glasses in the newly released image.

The eight-part drama will mark the character's return to television nearly four decades after Alec Guinness first played Smiley in the BBC's 1979 serialisation of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". Guinness reprised the role in "Smiley's People" in 1982.

Gary Oldman later portrayed the British intelligence officer in the a...