The show explores the psychological shock of the realization that a figure considered “one of us” was something quite different all along. It’s the “we” of the old boys’ club, of men bonded by private schools, an Oxbridge education, members-only clubs and the confident assumption of their right to power. The series, produced by Sony Pictures Television, premieres March 12 on MGM+. That “we” is at the heart of “A Spy Among Friends,” a six-part series based on the book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, and starring Guy Pearce as Philby, Damian Lewis as Elliott and Anna Maxwell Martin as Thomas.
“Well, that’s not how we -” he begins, before coming to an abrupt halt. Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s closest friend and a fellow member of the foreign intelligence agency MI6, looks slightly nonplused. It is January 1963, and Thomas is talking about Kim Philby, a British intelligence agent who, after being exposed as a Soviet spy, has escaped to Moscow.
“Why wasn’t he in custody?” asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.
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