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Summary:
MI6 officer Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) learns his friend and colleague Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) is working as a KGB double agent in this limited series based on Ben Macintyre's non-fiction book of the same name.
[Premiered originally in the UK on ITVX on 8 Dec 2022 and to air in the US on MGM+ on 12 Mar 2023]
[Premiered originally in the UK on ITVX on 8 Dec 2022 and to air in the US on MGM+ on 12 Mar 2023]
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E3. Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Air Date: March 26, 2023
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S1:E2. The Admiral's Glass
Air Date: March 19, 2023
Mar 10, 2023
The Playlist
Mar 13, 2023
“A Spy Among Friends” does move at a good pace, with a few lulls here and there. However, there are points where the toggling between various timelines threatens to lose the plot. Thankfully, the three central performances from Maxwell Martin, Lewis, and Pearce hold it together, and this spy—and friendship—story is anything but by the book.
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Mar 10, 2023
Mar 8, 2023
The Independent
Dec 8, 2022
The story of Philby and the Cambridge spy ring is one of the most fascinating tales of 20th-century British history (or, as it’s now known, the Ben Macintyre Cinematic Universe). It’s a shame, then, that the questions of class, capitalism and clemency, innate to the tale, are subordinated to easy moral signposting.
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Dec 8, 2022
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: March 12, 2023
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S1:E3. Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Air Date: March 26, 2023
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S1:E2. The Admiral's Glass
Air Date: March 19, 2023
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Season 1 Overview