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Cambridge Spies: With Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samuel West. The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
- (2.2K)
- 2003-05-09
- Drama, History
- 59
Cambridge Spies is a four-part British drama miniseries written by Peter Moffat and directed by Tim Fywell, [1] that was first broadcast on BBC Two in May 2003 and is based on the true story of four brilliant young men at the University of Cambridge who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in 1934.
In the 1930s, Soviets recruit British collegians Kim Philby (Toby Stephens), Guy Burgess (Tom Hollander), Anthony Blunt (Samuel West) and Donald McLean as agents.
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- Toby Stephens
- Tim Fywell
- Drama
In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge students are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow.
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- Tim Fywell
- 15
- 1
The Cambridge Five was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War and was active from the 1930s until at least the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying.
Cambridge Spies, the BBC's moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the British Secret Service, raises the spectre of the treachery of Philby, Burgess, MacLean and Blunt for a generation of viewers who can only imagine the shockwaves generated by their duplicity.
- DVD
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In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true events.
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