A Spy Among Friends

One of their own has done the unthinkable.

TV-MA2022•1h 0m•6.5/10

War & PoliticsDrama

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6.5/10(81)

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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Production

ITV Studios, Sony Pictures Television, FLW Productions, Ginger Biscuit Entertainment

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Status

Ended

First Aired

December 8, 2022

Last Aired

December 8, 2022

Networks

ITVX

Created By

Ben Macintyre, Alexander Cary

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

Air date: 2022-12-08

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

Air date: 2022-12-08

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

Air date: 2022-12-08

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

Air date: 2022-12-08

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

Snow

Air date: 2022-12-08

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

Air date: 2022-12-08

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.