A Spy Among Friends season 1 The Admiral's Glass - Metacritic

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ITV
Dec 8, 2022
1 h

ITV
Dec 8, 2022
1 h

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 in the US on MGM+ on 12 Mar 2023]

Directed By: Nick Murphy

Written By: Alexander Cary, Ben Macintyre

ITV
Dec 8, 2022
1 h

ITV
Dec 8, 2022
1 h

A Spy Among Friends

S1 • Episode 2

The Admiral's Glass

Air Date: Dec 8, 2022

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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 in the US on MGM+ on 12 Mar 2023]

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Episode 1 • Dec 8, 2022 • 55 m

Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

In the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closest friend in MI6 is under investigation by Lily.

Episode 2 • Dec 8, 2022 • 1 h

The Admiral's Glass

Investigator Lily Thomas tries to get Elliott to reveal what he knows about Philby. She uses psychological tricks to steer him in the right direction.

Episode 3 • Dec 8, 2022 • 54 m

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

Philby begins to understand that the KGB can never fully trust him now that he is in Moscow, and as far as they're concerned, his life as a spy for them is over; in London, Elliot warns Anthony Blunt that his cover has been blown.

Episode 4 • Dec 8, 2022 • 55 m

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

Episode 5 • Dec 8, 2022 • 52 m

Elliott and Lily fear that no one can really be trusted and race to interrogate Blunt. However, Angleton thwarts their plans because he wants Blunt arrested.

Episode 6 • Dec 8, 2022 • 58 m

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.

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