An unbelievable story.
tells the true story of a very British scandal – how British Intelligence officer Harold"Kim" Philby secretly worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union for decades after World War II until he eventually defected to Moscow in 1963.
Elliott was Philby's close friend and staunch supporter – he defended Philby against accusations of treachery for years – yet he was also the man sent to Beirut to interrogate Philby and bring him home when Philby's ties with Russia were finally uncovered.The series is based on the book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, which was published in 2014.
While a lot of what you see in the series seems hard to believe – how could Philby have sold secrets to the Soviets under the noses of intelligence officers who were his friends, for decades? – most of what is on screen is, in fact, completely true.Cambridge-educated Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby became close friends in 1940, when they were both working in separate departments of the British Intelligence Service.
He secretly worked with four other men – Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross – who became known as the Cambridge Five after their spy ring was uncovered. .Burgess and Maclean fled to Moscow in 1951 before they could be arrested for spying, and many believe it was Philby who found out they were under suspicion and tipped them off.
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