A Spy Among Friends

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2022-12-08

Last Air Date: 2022-12-08

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Ben Macintyre, Alexander Cary

Networks: ITVX

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Top Cast

Guy Pearce as Kim Philby
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott
Anna Maxwell Martin as Lily Thomas
Stephen Kunken as James Jesus Angelton
Adrian Edmondson as Sir Roger Hollis
Nicholas Rowe as Sir Anthony Blunt
Monika Gossmann as Galina
Lucy Russell as Jane Sissmore
Lucy Akhurst as Elizabeth Elliott
Jennifer Marsala as Iris

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah (2022-12-08)

In the wake of Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain’s Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.
Ep. 2: The Admiral's Glass (2022-12-08)

Investigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.
Ep. 3: Allegory of the Catholic Faith (2022-12-08)

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.
Ep. 4: Vodka (2022-12-08)

Elliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
Ep. 5: Snow (2022-12-08)

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.
Ep. 6: No Man's Land (2022-12-08)

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.