Tag: Russia
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How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?
Jazzy Spy Craft by Staff | New York Times | March 9, 2023 A Spy Among Friends begins Sunday on MGM+. The personal is political in this juicy period drama, based on a true story about two British spies (played by Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce) who form an intimate friendship over decades – except…
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In A Spy Among Friends, B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level
A Twisty MGM+ Series by Roslyn Sulcas | New York Times | March 3, 2023 A twisty MGM+ series tells the story of Kim Philby, a British agent secretly working for the Soviet Union, and Nicholas Elliott, his closest friend. Stream beginning March 12. “Why wasn’t he in custody?†asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.…
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A Spy Among Friends Cast Previews the Real-Life “Brilliantly Interesting” Friendship
Preview: Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Conversations by Kate Hahn | TV Insider | February 24, 2023 If you learned your closest friend was a spy, would you help him evade justice? That’s the looming question in A Spy Among Friends, a slow-burn adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s nonfiction bestseller about an infamous U.K. traitor. The limited series opens…
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A Spy Among Friends MGM+ Official Trailer
Espionage Series Hits MGM+ in March by Charles Barfield | The Playlist | February 2, 2023 Being a spy requires a lot of discretion. You have to not only keep most of what you do at work a secret, but you sometimes even have to lie to those closest to you to protect that work.…
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A Spy Among Friends: The Making of the Espionage Drama
Two Lifelong Friends, One Double Agent by Michael Pickard | Drama Quarterly | January 13, 2023 Stars Damian Lewis and Anna Maxwell Martin join the team behind A Spy Among Friends to discuss the making of this ITVX espionage drama, which is based on the true story of two lifelong friends and British spies –…
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Damian Lewis Attends Television Critics Association Panel for A Spy Among Friends
MGM+ Unveils A Spy Among Friends at TCA Winter Press Tour by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | January 10, 2023 For the first time in three years since the pandemic, the in-person Television Critics Association press tour returned. The event was held at The Langham, Huntington in Pasadena, California beginning Monday, January 9, 2023. Not all…
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I, Spy
Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Peter Craven | The Spectator | January 5, 2023 Just now you can see Pearce in A Spy Among Friends as Kim Philby, that dazzling double agent. The streamer goes for six episodes and if you’re quick and lethal you can join BritBox for a free trial period and watch…
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What an MI6 Spy Told Me Over Lunch
He Gave Me The Slip by William Keegan | The Guardian | December 31, 2022 The English of a certain generation seem to be divided between those who are fascinated by the Cambridge spies and those who are not. For the former, the fascination and in my case memories have been rekindled by the recent…