A Spy Among Friends
2022 · ITVX · 56 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Chapter 6: No Man's Land
Thu, 8 Dec, 11:00 am
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.
About
A Spy Among Friends follows 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. The show examines espionage through their friendship, the fallout of which affects East-West relations to this day.
Episodes
- E01
Chapter 1: Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
Thu, 8 Dec· 55 minIn the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closest friend in Britain's Secret Service, Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation.
- E02
Chapter 2: The Admiral's Glass
Thu, 8 Dec· 60 minInvestigator Lily Thomas understands that Elliott is never going to divulge anything of value in a conventional interrogation process so she manipulates him.
- E03
Chapter 3: Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Thu, 8 Dec· 54 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.
- E04
Chapter 4: Vodka
Thu, 8 Dec· 55 minElliott rattles Blunt's cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
- E05
Chapter 5: Snow
Thu, 8 Dec· 52 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.
- E06
Chapter 6: No Man's Land
Thu, 8 Dec· 58 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.
Cast
Guy Pearce
Kim Philby
Damian Lewis
Nicholas Elliott
Anna Maxwell Martin
Lily Thomas
Stephen Kunken
James Jesus Angleton
Adrian Edmondson
Sir Roger Hollis