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A Spy Among Friends

2022 Ended 60m episodes

6.4/10 87 votes

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.

Created by:: Ben Macintyre, Alexander Cary
Cast:: Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Kunken
Language:: English
Country:: United Kingdom, United States of America
Network:: ITVX

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Season 1

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E01

Episode 1

★ 5.9

Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

2022-12-08 · 55m

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

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E02

Episode 2

★ 6.1

The Admiral's Glass

2022-12-08 · 60m

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

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E03

Episode 3

★ 6.4

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

2022-12-08 · 53m

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.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 6.1

Vodka

2022-12-08 · 54m

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

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E05

Episode 5

★ 6.1

Snow

2022-12-08 · 51m

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.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 5.6

No Man's Land

2022-12-08 · 57m

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.

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