A Spy Among Friends

2022 - 2022

Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

8th December 2022

Episode 1

In the wake of Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain’s Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.

The Admiral's Glass

8th December 2022

Episode 2

Investigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

8th December 2022

Episode 3

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.

Vodka

8th December 2022

Episode 4

Elliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.

Snow

8th December 2022

Episode 5

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.

No Man's Land

8th December 2022

Episode 6

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.

Top Cast

Guy Pearce•Damian Lewis•Anna Maxwell Martin

War & Politics Drama

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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Full Cast

Guy Pearce Image

Guy Pearce

Kim Philby

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Damian Lewis

Nicholas Elliott

Anna Maxwell Martin Image

Anna Maxwell Martin

Lily Thomas

Stephen Kunken Image

Stephen Kunken

James Jesus Angelton

Adrian Edmondson Image

Adrian Edmondson

Sir Roger Hollis

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Nicholas Rowe

Sir Anthony Blunt

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Monika Gossmann

Galina