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- Even as the web of suspicion closed around him, and Philby was driven to greater lies to protect his cover, his two friends never abandoned him—until it was too late. The stunning truth of his betrayal would have devastating consequences on the two men who thought they knew him best, and on the intelligence services he left crippled in his wake.
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Mar 13, 2023 · Damian Lewis found making A Spy Among Friends with Guy Pearce a "surprising" experience, he told Newsweek, because of the intricacies of the real story the MGM+ drama is based on.
- 2 min
- Roxy Simons
In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague Kim Philby had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB and has defected to the Soviet Union.
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- 2023-03-12
- Drama, Thriller
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Mar 3, 2023 · It is January 1963, and Thomas is talking about Kim Philby, a British intelligence agent who, after being exposed as a Soviet spy, has escaped to Moscow. Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s closest...
Dec 8, 2022 · Whether Elliott accidentally-on-purpose let his old pal slip away has long been debated, and in A Spy Among Friends, Anna Maxwell Martin’s MI5 agent Lily Thomas (a character invented by Cary)...
Dec 10, 2022 · What happened to British double agent Kim Philby, played by Guy Pearce in the A Spy Among Friends cast opposite Damian Lewis on ITVX? He lead a fascinating life fraught with betrayal....
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- Sabrina Barr
Dec 8, 2022 · A Spy Among Friends tells the story of notorious double agent Kim Philby and the discovery by his two close friends, MI6's Nicholas Elliott and the CIA's James Jesus Angleton, that he wasn't who they thought he was. This biography explores themes of duplicity, trust and betrayal during the Cold War.
Mar 8, 2023 · “A Spy Among Friends” takes place in the Cold War, when things are murkier. But our English spies are investigating what happened during World War II, specifically who was working with the Russians (when they were British allies) and who continued to do so when the Kremlin became the enemy.
