The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
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- 3 wins & 5 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
Tom Hollander | ... |
Guy Burgess
(4 episodes, 2003)
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Toby Stephens | ... |
Kim Philby
(4 episodes, 2003)
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Rupert Penry-Jones | ... |
Donald Maclean
(4 episodes, 2003)
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Samuel West | ... |
Anthony Blunt
(4 episodes, 2003)
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Stuart Laing | ... |
Jack Hewit
(3 episodes, 2003)
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Anna-Louise Plowman | ... |
Melinda
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Darrell D'Silva | ... |
Henry
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Ronald Pickup | ... |
Colonel Winter
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Marcel Iures | ... |
Otto
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Angus Wright | ... |
Guy Liddell
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Patrick Kennedy | ... |
Julian Bell
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Colin Higgins | ... |
Porter
(2 episodes, 2003)
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John Light | ... |
James Angleton
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Imelda Staunton | ... |
The Queen
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Ben Meyjes | ... |
Captain Clough
(1 episode, 2003)
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Michael Parkhouse | ... |
First BBC Man
(1 episode, 2003)
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Miles Richardson | ... |
Second BBC Man
(1 episode, 2003)
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Jenna Harrison | ... |
Miriam Block
(1 episode, 2003)
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Ian Shaw | ... |
Major Hart
(1 episode, 2003)
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Simon Woods | ... |
Charlie Givens
(1 episode, 2003)
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David Savile | ... |
Father Day
(1 episode, 2003)
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Lucy Russell | ... |
Aileen Furse
(1 episode, 2003)
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Daniel Hart | ... |
Michael Frank
(1 episode, 2003)
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James Fox | ... |
Lord Halifax
(1 episode, 2003)
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Alejandra Herzberg | ... |
Luisa Jiminez
(1 episode, 2003)
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Nicholas Day | ... |
Lord Raveley
(1 episode, 2003)
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Adam Blackwood | ... |
Oliver Lester
(1 episode, 2003)
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Simon Jones | ... |
Sir Michael Boal
(1 episode, 2003)
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Martin McDougall | ... |
K
(1 episode, 2003)
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Peter Eyre | ... |
Arthur Quigley
(1 episode, 2003)
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Nicholas Burns | ... |
Rightwing Student
(1 episode, 2003)
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Garrick Hagon | ... |
Klaus Fuchs
(1 episode, 2003)
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Simon Masterton Smith | ... |
Sir Clive Woodham
(1 episode, 2003)
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Julian Firth | ... |
Prince of Wales
(1 episode, 2003)
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Charles Cartmell | ... |
1st diplomat
(1 episode, 2003)
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Lisa Dillon | ... |
Litzi Friedman
(1 episode, 2003)
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Annabel Mullion | ... |
1st wife
(1 episode, 2003)
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Kate Ford | ... |
Drunk Girl
(1 episode, 2003)
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Anthony Andrews | ... |
King George VI
(1 episode, 2003)
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Emma Davies | ... |
Mrs Angleton
(1 episode, 2003)
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Leon Lissek | ... |
Prof. Bruno Klein
(1 episode, 2003)
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Matthew Bell | ... |
Policeman
(1 episode, 2003)
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John Warnaby | ... |
Frank Cliff
(1 episode, 2003)
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Jonathan Burn | ... |
Philip Statman
(1 episode, 2003)
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Alastair Galbraith | ... |
Cairncross
(1 episode, 2003)
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John Guerrasio | ... |
General Bedell-Smith
(1 episode, 2003)
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Geoffrey Harris | ... |
Magistrate
(1 episode, 2003)
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Nancy Crane | ... |
Noelle Ivanisevic
(1 episode, 2003)
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Philip Anthony | ... |
Prosecutor
(1 episode, 2003)
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Boris Isarov | ... |
Boris
(1 episode, 2003)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2003) (United Kingdom) (tv) (original airing)
- BBC Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- AXN Mystery (2015) (Japan) (tv)
- Just Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Mad Dog 2020 (extras casting)
- Wood Hall Catering (catering)
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Taglines | The most notorious double agents in British history. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Samuel West, who portrays Anthony Blunt in this series, played the same role 16 years later in season 3, episode 1 of The Crown. See more » |
Goofs | Anthony Blunt is referred to as a relative by the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII). Blunt was actually a second cousin of Elizabeth wife of George VI (later the Queen Mother) and not related to the Windsors at all. See more » |
Movie Connections | Version of Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977). See more » |
Soundtracks | Jerusalem See more » |
Quotes |
Guy Burgess:
Vladivostok, Moscow, the Kusnetsk Basin, Cambridge - the coldest places on Earth. Of the four, Cambridge is the coldest, permanently February the nineteenth. See more » |