Cambridge spies, the bbcs moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the british secret service, raises the spectre of the treachery of philby, burgess, maclean and blunt for a generation of viewers who can only imagine the shockwaves generated by their duplicity. This fourpart drama relates the story of the cambridge spy ring. The true story of a group of cambridge university students who are recruited to spy for the soviet union in the early 1930s. The true story of a group of cambridge university students who are recruited to spy for. Another student, guy burgess, ridicules givens and defuses the situation. As far as the general public was concerned, this started with the. Download cambridge spies e0104 torrent kickasstorrents. Cambridge spies, the bbcs moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the british secret service, raises the spectre of. The period covered is 1944 to 1951, when the cambridge spies served in the british embassy in washington, d.
With toby stephens, marcel iures, tom hollander, michael parkhouse. Philby, burgess and maclean a granada tv drama written by ian curteis in 1977, covers the period of the late 1940s, when british intelligence investigated. The cambridge spy ring was a ring of spies in the united kingdom that passed information to the soviet union during world war ii and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s. At a student party at cambridge university in 1934, kim philby comes to the aid of jewish student miriam when she is insulted by an antisemitic student. With tom hollander, samuel west, rupert penryjones, toby stephens. They now have to convince the powers that be that they have outgrown their juvenile leanings towards socialism and become. Popular videos cambridge spies cambridge spies topic. It was first aired on 9 may 2003 and received numerous nominations including baftas and awards including the golden fipa biarritz international festival of audiovisual programming benedict cumberbatch had a featured part as edward hand in the fourpart series. This is the story of blunt, burgess, philby and maclean, the most notorious. Secrets of war, espionage 06 the cambridge five youtube. Philby admitting his espionage after years of denial, and anthony blunts appearance in an art tour of the queen mums. Oct 27, 2008 tobby stephens, tom hollander, samuel west, rupert penryjones in cambridge spies as kim philby, guy burgess, anthony blunt, donalad maclean.
Telling it at a time the work is beginning to relive the fiftieth anniversary of many of the events described in these pages will only add to its explosive impact, and spark new historical debates on issues of abiding interest and contemporary concern. Drama tracing the tale of britains most infamous double agents. Cambridge spies is a fourpart bbc television drama, broadcast on bbc2 in may 2003, concerning the lives of the bestknown quartet of the cambridge five soviet spies, from 1934 to the 1951 defection of guy burgess and donald maclean to the soviet union. Samuel west reprises his role as anthony blunt from cambridge spies in the crown in 2019, in the season three episode titled olding.
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Cambridge spies 2003 in the 1930s, soviets recruit british collegians kim philby toby stephens, guy burgess tom hollander, anthony blunt samuel west and donald mclean as agents. Certificate in advanced english 1991 university of cambridge local examinations. Harold kim philby, anthony blunt, guy burgess, and donald maclean were four bright, intelligent, and ambitious young men who attended. The dominant figure in these suspenseful pages is donald maclean, whom former cia director richard helms described as the most valuable known soviet agent ever to operate. Secrets of war, espionage 06 the cambridge five anothertv. The series attempts to look beyond their crimes by focusing on their dedication to their cause and to each other and how they belived they were serving their country. The dialogue is in english with no multiplelanguage options, though the material is closed captioned in english for the hearing impaired.
Harold adrian russell philby, the son of an arabian adventurer, nicknamed kim after rudyard kiplings boy spy, arrived at cambridge in 1929 to study history and economics. Harold adrian russell kim philby 1 january 1912 11 may 1988 was a british intelligence officer and a double agent for the soviet union. The four become embroiled in obtaining and passing on vital information, betraying their country to fight the evils of fascism. Download conspiracy of silence study guide subscribe now. May 09, 2003 spies and lovers the cambridge spy ring is thought of as an allmale affair. Cambridge spies tv series 20032003 the movie database.
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It was widely assumed that the big budget fourpart miniseries cambridge spies bbc, 2003 would, by virtue of its length and expense, be the definitive account of the spying activities of anthony blunt, guy burgess, donald maclean and kim philby, with all the advantages that hindsight might bring. Blunt, burgess, philby and maclean meet at cambridge university and bond through their common leaning towards communism, which they see as the only alternative to fascism. Cambridge university spy ring kim philby, guy burgess. A list of 23 films compiled on letterboxd, including cambridge spies 2003, philby, burgess and maclean 1977, an englishman abroad 1983, a question of attribution 1991 and blunt 1987. Cambridge spies is a four part, four hour bbc miniseries that looks at the journey these four spies took from recruitment at cambridge up until the burgess and macleans 1951 defection. The cambridge spy ring was a group of british young men recruited as soviet spies in the 1930s. Original cambridge spies aka cambridge spies cambridge kemei, os espi.
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