A Spy Among Friends

About A Spy Among Friends

Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott.

ITVX's A Spy Among Friends is a war and politics series. The series is filed under cold war, british intelligence, KGB, and miniseries.

It reached one season of 6 episodes from December 2022.

Guy Pearce stars as Kim Philby, Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott, Anna Maxwell Martin as Lily Thomas, and Stephen Kunken as James Jesus Angelton. The series began as a novel.

It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Game, and The Queen's Gambit make useful companions to A Spy Among Friends. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 82 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.