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A Spy among Friends (2022)

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Show title: A Spy among Friends

IMDb score: 7,2 (8.525)

Episodes: 6

Playing time: 5 hour and 34 minutes

Developed by: Alexander Cary

Stars: Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin

Origin: United Kingdom / United States

Releasedate: Thursday 8 December 2022

First aired on: ITVX (Verenigd Koninkrijk)

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A Spy among Friends plot

The notorious Kim Philby is the most notorious collaborator with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. As a Soviet mole, he divulged many secrets of early Cold War British operations. One of Philby's closest friends was Nicholas Elliott, who worked in MI6's British Secret Service; this one thought he knew Philby better than anyone. When he discovers he never knew him at all, their already complex friendship becomes increasingly strained.

Episodes Season 1 (2022)

  1. 1. Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

    8 December 2022 (55 minutes)

  2. 2. The Admiral's Glass

    8 December 2022 (1 hour)

  3. 3. Allegory of the Catholic Faith

    8 December 2022 (54 minutes)

  4. 4. Vodka

    8 December 2022 (55 minutes)

  5. 5. Snow

    8 December 2022 (52 minutes)

  6. 6. No Man's Land

    8 December 2022 (58 minutes)

Full cast & crew

Actors and Actresses

Karel Roden Karel Roden

Sergei

Nicholas Rowe Nicholas Rowe

Sir Anthony Blunt

Monika Gossmann Monika Gossmann

Galina

Puiu-Mircea Lăscuș Puiu-Mircea Lăscuș

Lucy Russell Lucy Russell

Jane Sissmore

Lucy Akhurst Lucy Akhurst

Elizabeth Elliott

Anastasia Hille Anastasia Hille

Flora Solomon

Jennifer Marsala Jennifer Marsala

Iris

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Dr. Robert Thomas

Gilly Gilchrist Gilly Gilchrist

Steven Elder Steven Elder

Tim Milne

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold

Guy Burgess

Alexander Terentyev Alexander Terentyev

Orchis

Guy Pearce Guy Pearce

Damian Lewis Damian Lewis

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Suitehome

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20 April 2024 at 12:16

Atmospheric drama cannot be completely convincing.

The six-part British true-life drama A Spy Among Friends about the British spy Kim Philby (played by Guy Pearce) in the 1960s, is reminiscent of The Ipcress File, Spy City, Spy/Master and the work of John Le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier spy). In A Spy Among Friends we see a lot of silent play, pensive looks, posting secret agents, suggestion, flashbacks and a heavy dose of double meaning. But unfortunately little tension.

The slow A Spy Among Friends is based on the book by Ben Macintyre. The best role is reserved for a fictional character: Lily Thomas, subdued by Anna Maxwell-Martin. That is striking because the drama surrounding the British 'spy of the century' and his friendship with Nicholas Elliott (an excellent Damian Lewis - Billions, Homeland) has enough potential in itself. Who works for who now, is Philby loyal to Elliott, or is it all different? The puzzle is only put together in the last two episodes. The hope for an exciting spy thriller has long since gone up in cigarette smoke.

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Fransman

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21 January 2025 at 13:22

stefano summarizes it well here. The series could not convince me completely. Excellent acting by Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, and especially by Anna Maxwell-Martin as the persistent interrogator. No, this story does not have to rely on action, it is more like a kind of chess game with double meanings and the constant question of who is cheating on whom. I have to say that scene with the bus went through marrow and bone. When Damian Lewis played Nicolas Elliot, Sir Alec Guinness kept coming to mind.

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