Tag: MI6
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A Spy Among Friends True Story: The Explosive Real Saga of ITVX Drama
A Basis In Reality by James Hibbs | Radio Times | December 8, 2022 With new streaming service ITVX now having launched, TV fans will likely be diving into the platform’s first brand new dramas, including long-awaited Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce spy series A Spy Among Friends. The show tells the story of a…
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REVIEW: A Spy Among Friends – A Terrific Espionage Drama
Emotional Intelligence by Matthew d’Ancona | Tortois Media | December 8, 2022 The key text is supplied by aesthete Anthony Blanche in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. “I took you out to dinner to warn you of charm,†he says to his old Oxford friend, Charles Ryder. “Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist…
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Damian Lewis Discussed His Double Role on A Spy Among Friends
“You Pull Up Two Very Different Parts of Your Personality for Those Different Roles” by Stefania Sarrubba and David Opie | Digital Spy | December 8, 2022 Homeland star Damian Lewis has discussed his double role on ITVX’s new series A Spy Among Friends. An adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s book of the same name, the…
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A Spy Among Friends – From Dead Drops to Laser Spying
Tradecraft Through the Decades by Staff | The Independent | December 8, 2022 New ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the incredible story of two real-life MI6 spies – Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) – whose decades-long friendship fell apart when Philby was revealed to be a treacherous double agent,…
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REVIEW: A Spy Among Friends – A New Spin on a Well-Documented Scandal
“Lewis and Pearce Especially Share Phenomenal Chemistry” by Chris Connor | Yahoo! Entertainment | December 8, 2022 A Spy Among Friends, the most high profile launch title for new UK streaming platform ITVX, retells the well-trodden story of the Cambridge Five. The spy ring — comprised of Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt,…
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REVIEW: A Spy Among Friends – Don’t Take Your Eyes Off This Star-Packed Espionage Thriller
The Enigma and His Charismatic Traitor by Rebecca Nicholson | The Guardian | December 8, 2022 ★★★☆☆ The story of the notorious MI6 agent and Soviet spy Kim Philby has been told numerous times before, but A Spy Among Friends (ITVX) has a fresh bash at it, using Ben Macintyre’s book of the same name…
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Guy Pearce Chats About ‘A Spy Among Friends’ on Pilot Podcast
A Decorated Folder for Kim Philby by Damianista | damian-lewis.com | December 6, 2022 Guy Pearce was Amon Warmann’s guest on Pilot Podcast to chat about A Spy Among Friends, the six-part mini-series arriving on the new streaming platform ITVX on December 8. You can see a glimpse from the podcast in Amon Warmann’s tweet…
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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…