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MI5 files: The biggest secrets uncovered from the Cambridge Five archives

From a major UK film star to the Queen’s senior courtier – declassifed documents tell a new story about British spies

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection

Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

TV tonight: Our highlights for Sunday, July 16

World on Fire is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch · Jul 15, 2023

TV Tonight: Irresistible reality TV format The Traitors gets an Aussie remix

Addictive reality machinations down under. Plus Bettany Hughes is exploring India. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

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 · Jul 8, 2023

TV tonight: Our highlights for Sunday, July 9

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

WhatToWatch · Jul 8, 2023

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’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

'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

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

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.…

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022