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Cold War double agent Kim Philby’s Moscow archive offered to British Library for £68,000

Kim Philby was recruited by Russia in the 1930s and soon rose to become a senior officer in MI6 before coming under suspicion in the 1950s

The Independent UK

British Library wanted to buy archive of double agent Kim Philby from his widow

National Archives files show officials were troubled by idea of institution enriching widow of Cambridge Five agent

The Guardian - UK

Don’t mention the war work at Bletchley Park: ‘I made the tea’

Letters: Sue Wells recalls her mother’s reply when asked what she did in the war, while Roger Robertson recounts how his parents were told to answer questions about their work at Bletchley, and Judith Rose celebrates achieving her doctorate

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Michael Culver obituary

Stage and screen actor known for his political campaigning, both in his choice of roles and his personal life

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Friday essay: the secret lives of Ian Fleming and John Le Carré – the spymasters shaped by a lack of parental love

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

The Conversation

I love history programmes. But there’s one trend that makes my blood boil …

If something happened centuries ago, let’s talk about it as if it happened centuries ago – not as if it was going on right now, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

The Real Spies Among Friends review – the person who comes out of this documentary best? Thatcher

So unworthy of our attention are the notorious Soviet spies behind the hit ITV drama that this look at their life even manages to make the ex Tory PM look good. Can we stop this now?

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TV Tonight: the real story behind ITV’s A Spy Among Friends

Kim Philby and friends get the documentary treatment before the drama concludes. Plus, another delightful working holiday for Fred Sirieix. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Our highlights for Sunday, August 13

A Spy Among Friends is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: Lesley Manville’s overlooked war drama World on Fire returns

The cast also boasts the Little Mermaid star Jonah Hauer-King. Plus, how women won the right to get in the fighting ring. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

A Spy Among Friends: release date, cast, interviews, plot, trailer, first looks and all about the espionage drama

A Spy Among Friends stars Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in an espionage thriller based on a true story of treachery during the Cold War.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: Our highlights for Sunday, July 9

A Spy Among Friends is just one of the gems on TV tonight

WhatToWatch

TV Tinsel: Candid and determined, British actress Anna Maxwell Martin is the real deal

Actress Anna Maxwell Martin obliterates the stereotype of the ever-so-proper British matron sipping tea from a porcelain cup. Leaning back in her straight-backed chair and plopping her arm on the table in front of her, Martin admits that one of her failings is her penchant for telling the unvarnished truth.…

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Inside Cold War spy Kim Philby's life - sex, deception and double-dealing

Biographer James Hanning tells of his fascination with Kim Philby, who was played by Guy Pearce in the ITV series A Spy Among Friends. He spied for the Russians while working as a British secret agent

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Evening Standard

Betwixmas television: The best TV series to binge between Christmas and New Year’s Eve

The most bingeworthy boxsets to unwrap this Christmas

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: I Am Ruth; Harry & Meghan; A Spy Among Friends; The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Kate Winslet and daughter hit home; the Sussexes’ docu-marathon gets under way; Guy Pearce excels as a sharkish Kim Philby; and hats off to the ‘anti-Bridgerton’

Daily Mirror

'ITV's A Spy Among Friends so good it should be savoured and not binged'

The small screen spectacle of Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin in ITV's A Spy Among Friends should be savoured and not devoured, says Ian Hyland

The Independent UK

Extreme times: polarised politics and what we can learn from the past

Compelling new ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the real-life private and public fallout that ensues when MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) discovers his decades-long colleague and friend Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) is a communist double-agent, radicalised at university and recruited by the KGB to spill top-level secrets.…

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The Independent UK

From dead drops to laser-spying: tradecraft through the decades

New ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the incredible story of two real-life MI6 spies – Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) – whose decades-long friendship fell apart when Philby was revealed to be a treacherous double agent, spilling secrets to the KGB. Here historian Guy…

The Independent UK

Telling the tale of two spies: Ben Macintyre and Alexander Cary Q&A

ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, throws new light on the Kim Philby affair via his friendship with (and brutal betrayal of) fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott. Here writer Adam Smith talks to executive producer Alexander Carey and author Ben Macintyre (whose book the…

The Independent UK

A Spy Among Friends review: ITVX’s big-budget adaptation is like a slug of hot mulled wine

Guy Pearce and Damien Lewis star in the inside story of the capture of Soviet double-agent

The Guardian - UK

A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller

Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy

Evening Standard

A Spy Among Friends on ITVX review: terrific cast, disappointing material

Damian Lewis is impossibly po-faced in this buttoned-up espionage drama

Wales Online

The intriguing and heart-warming story of the isolated mountain railway cottage almost lost forever

From a musical icon to a double-agent spy to a characterful couple whose ashes were scattered at the site - this remote cottage has welcomed them all to its amazing story that almost ended in dereliction

Evening Standard

ITV release star-studded A Spy Among Friends trailer ahead of new streaming service launch

The new series is among a huge programme roll out for the new streaming platform

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