Category: Interviews
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Backstage With…Damian Lewis and the Cast of New ITVX Thriller A Spy Among Friends
– Secrecy and Treachery – by Robyn Salt | Sky News | December 10, 2022by Chris Lockyer | Backstage With Podcast | December 10, 2022 The show, written by former Scots Guard Alex Cary, is based on the book of the same name, and sees Lewis play Nicholas Elliot, an MI5 agent in the 1960s,…
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Podcast: Damian Lewis and Alex Cary Talk to Tom Sutcliffe on BBC Sounds
Political and Personal Betrayal by BBC Sounds Podcast | BBC | December 8, 2022 The story of double agent and defector Kim Philby has been told many times. A Spy Among Friends, a new six-episode series on ITVX, focuses on Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s lifelong friend. Damian Lewis, who plays Elliott, and writer Alexander Cary talk…
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Damian Lewis on Being Devoted, Loyal and Blinkered in His Latest Role
A Beautiful and Sort of Tragic, Sad Relationship by Rachael Davies | Herald Scotland | December 6, 2022 A Spy Among Friends’ Damian Lewis and Anna Maxwell Martin tell Rachael Davis about the ITVX series’ true story of espionage and betrayal. It’s 1963: the height of the Cold War. International politics is fueled by secrecy…
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VIDEO: Damian Lewis and Ben Macintyre Give Us the Inside Track on MI6 Intelligence Officer Nicholas Elliott
Kim Philby Was Such a Good Spy, He Was Toxic by ITVX | Twitter | November 30, 2022 Damian Lewis and Ben Macintyre discuss MI6 intelligence officer Nicholas Elliott. The new drama mini-series will be available for streaming on ITVX in the UK beginning December 8, BritBox AU on December 9 and MGM+ in 2023  in…
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Guy Pearce Says He Could Feel Helen McCrory On Set When He Filmed With Her Husband Damian Lewis
Guy Pearce Remembers the Late Helen McCrory on This Morning by Charlotte Dean | Daily Mail Online | November 30, 2022 Guy Pearce has discussed filming A Spy Among Friends with Damian Lewis shortly after his late wife Helen McCrory‘s death in April last year. The actor, 55, said he could feel the Peaky Blinders…
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Friendship and Betrayal Interrogated in Cold War Spy Drama
The Elite of One by Stephanie Bunbury | Sydney Morning Herald | November 30, 2022 For 30 years, Kim Philby worked for the British secret service MI6 while spying for the Soviet Union. He took classified documents home every night from the agency’s archive to be photographed by his handler; he worked diplomatic parties, club…
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“Old Boy Network Would Still Protect Kim Philby”
The Greatest Double Agent of All Time by Chris Harvey | The Telegraph | November 30, 2022 Friendship, according to the author Ben Macintyre, is the reason why Harold “Kim†Philby remains “the greatest double agent of all timeâ€. The “third man†of the notorious set of Communist spies who met at Cambridge University in…
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A Spy Among Friends: A Fresh Approach to the Cambridge Spies Tale
The Cruelest Betrayal by Vicki Power | Weekend Magazine for Daily Mail | November 25, 2022 With its moles, traitors, double agents and secret dossiers, the scandalous tale of the Cambridge spies is as electrifying as anything John le Carré ever dreamed up. It’s no wonder the story of five Oxbridge graduates secretly spying for…