6.4·2022·1 Season
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.
Episodes
1. Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
55mIn 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
60mInvestigator 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
53mPhilby 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
54mElliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
5. Snow
51mElliott 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
57mLily 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 Angelton
Adrian Edmondson
Sir Roger Hollis
Nicholas Rowe
Sir Anthony Blunt
