A Spy Among Friends
“One of their own has done the unthinkable.”
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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1.Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
6.508-12-202255 minIn the wake of Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain’s Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.
2.The Admiral's Glass
6.108-12-20221hInvestigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.
3.Allegory of the Catholic Faith
6.408-12-202253 minPhilby 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.
4.Vodka
6.108-12-202254 minElliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
5.Snow
6.108-12-202251 minElliott and Lily fear that no one can be trusted. They must get to Blunt before anyone else to interrogate him and confirm their suspicions.
6.No Man's Land
6.308-12-202257 minLily 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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