A Spy Among Friends — Season 1
One of their own has done the unthinkable.
About this season
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 (6)
1. Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
6.5Aired 8 December 2022 • 55 min
In 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
6.1Aired 8 December 2022 • 60 min
Investigator 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
6.4Aired 8 December 2022 • 53 min
Philby 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
6.1Aired 8 December 2022 • 54 min
Elliott rattles Blunt’s cage to make him panic and then follows him to a clandestine meeting in the middle of the night.
5. Snow
6.1Aired 8 December 2022 • 51 min
Elliott 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
6.3Aired 8 December 2022 • 57 min
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.