A Spy Among Friends
6.5
War & PoliticsDrama
Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott.
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1Episode 1Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
55 min
In the wake of Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain’s Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.
2Episode 2The Admiral's Glass
60 min
Investigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.
3Episode 3Allegory of the Catholic Faith
53 min
Philby begins to understand that the KGB can never fully trust him now that he’s in Moscow, and as far as they’re concerned, his life as a spy for them is over.
4Episode 4Vodka
54 min
Elliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
5Episode 5Snow
51 min
Elliott and Lily fear that no one can be trusted. They must get to Blunt before anyone else to interrogate him and confirm their suspicions.
6Episode 6No Man's Land
57 min
Lily has forced Elliot to remember more than he perhaps ever wanted to about Philby. Months later, Elliott receives a letter from Philby asking for a meeting in an East Berlin bar.
Actors
Guy Pearce
Kim Philby
Damian Lewis
Nicholas Elliott
Anna Maxwell Martin
Lily Thomas
Stephen Kunken
James Jesus Angelton
Adrian Edmondson
Sir Roger Hollis
Nicholas Rowe
Sir Anthony Blunt
