Listen to the programmes from the radio 4 extra season. Apr 28, 2003 mark lawson cambridge spies is the latest of many dramatic takes on the cold war traitors. Philby is back in england, working high up in the british secret service, using his position to supply information to the russians. Idealistic kim philby toby stephens is recruited by a pair of fellow dons to spy for the kgb. It was widely assumed that the big budget fourpart miniseries cambridge spies bbc, 2003 would, by virtue of its length and expense, be the definitive account of the spying activities of anthony blunt, guy burgess, donald maclean and kim philby, with all the advantages that hindsight might bring. Cambridge spies tv miniseries 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses.
Blunt is close to the royal family, maclean joins the foreign office, burgess is in mi5 and philby is a journalist. Nov 19, 2019 the crown season 3 is streaming on netflix now. Cambridge spies 2dvd 2003 television on bbc warner. The complete series was released on dvd on 2 june 2003. The group was known as the cambridge spy rin, cambridge four, cambridge five and magnificent. With tom hollander, toby stephens, rupert penryjones, samuel west. Cambridge spies is a 2003 fourpart bbc television drama concerning the lives of the bestknown quartet of the cambridge five soviet spies from 1934 to the 1951 defection of guy burgess and donald maclean to the soviet union. The series attempts to look beyond their crimes by focusing on their dedication to their cause and to each other and how they belived they were serving their country. Watch cambridge spies episodes online season 1 2003. Cambridge spies drama tracing the tale of the most infamous double agents in british history. Cast season 1, episode 3 cambridge spies first aired. Nov 22, 2003 throughout and following world war ii, the cambridge chums passed countless documents to the soviets.
With the german invasion of the soviet union, the spies find themselves working for the allies. In 1934, four outstanding students at cambridge universityguy burgess, anthony blunt, kim philby, donald macleanwho shared a passion for communism, were recruited to spy for the soviet union. They all seemed to have promising futures ahead of them and, indeed, all four distinguished themselves in their careers. Watch the cambridge spies season 1, episode 3 episode three. Viewing figures for the series averaged at 2 million per. Kim philby, anthony blunt, guy burgess, and donald maclean were members of britains upper class elite. The kgb spy from the crown season 3 would live to regret his choices, or so his memoir tells us. The notorious traitors burgess, maclean, blunt and philby met at cambridge. Watch cambridge spies episodes online season 1 2003 tv. I approached cambridge spies, the bbcs fourpart drama about philby, burgess, maclean and blunt. With rupert penryjones, annalouise plowman, darrell dsilva, ben meyjes.
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Harold kim philby, anthony blunt, guy burgess, and donald maclean were four bright, intelligent, and ambitious young men who attended cambridge university in the early 30s. This fourpart drama relates the story of the cambridge spy ring. Throughout and following world war ii, the cambridge chums passed countless documents to the soviets. Guy burgess, one of the cambridge spies, speaks on his meeting with winston churchill.
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Based on a true story, cambridge spies is a bbc drama detailing the biggest spy scandal in british history. The first episode even begins with the ominous disclaimer. Cambridge spies season 1 episode 2 episode two watch on kodi. In the midst of the turmoil and degradation, donald maclean finds love. Cambridge spies is a fourpart bbc television drama, broadcast on bbc2 in may 2003, concerning the lives of the bestknown quartet of the cambridge five soviet spies, from 1934 to the 1951 defection of guy burgess and donald maclean to the soviet union. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Cambridge spies is a bbc production based on a true story. This fine bbc docudrama depicts the lives of the four cambridge spies from their university days, when they were recruited to do espionage work for the soviet union, through the defections of two of the four some twenty years later. Spies pursued rick gekoski attempts to track down diaries and effects of kim philby. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we. Intelligent drama following the careers of the cambridge spyring.
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