A Spy Among Friends

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In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 as an intelligence officer but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague, Kim Philby, had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB, defecting to the Soviet Union.
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Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
S1 E1

Kim Philby's connection to the KGB and his recent defection to the USSR puts his close friend Nicholas Elliott in the crosshairs of MI5.

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The Admiral's Glass
S1 E2

Desperate for answers, MI5 investigator Lily Thomas adopts a hammer-and-tongs approach to grill Nicholas Elliott about Kim Philby's secret meeting at the Admiral's Glass.

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Allegory of the Catholic Faith
S1 E3

Lily Thomas learns everything about Erich Vermehren, a Catholic traditionalist who entered the Abwehr and played a crucial role in turning the tide of WWII.

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Vodka
S1 E4

When a crazy turn of events in Moscow reduces Kim Philby's years' worth of work to naught, a glass of vodka seems to be the only source of comfort left in his life.

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Snow
S1 E5

While Nicholas Elliott gets Lily Thomas to figure Sir Roger Hollis out, the walls seem to be closing in on Anthony Blunt. Back in Moscow, Kim Philby ends up unconscious in the snow.

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No Man's Land
S1 E6

Nicholas Elliott cleverly answers Sir Roger Hollis's questions related to the Beirut tapes. After all is said and done, certain things remain under wraps and a complicated friendship reaches its breaking point.