Home news sport weather iplayer sounds cbbc cbeebies. Listen to the programmes from the radio 4 extra season. It was written by peter moffat and directed by tim fywell. 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. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Cambridge spies is a 2003 fourpart bbc television drama 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. Cambridge spies tv series 20032003 the movie database tmdb.
In 1934 at cambridge university, they establish a spy ring fuelled by youthful idealism, passionately committed to social justice and to fighting fascism. Cambridge spies 2003 is a cold war drama, history tv series starring toby stephens and rupert penryjones. Cambridge spies tv miniseries 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I had high expectations for this series but have to admit if seemed to lack something. Based on a true story, cambridge spies is a bbc drama detailing the biggest spy scandal in british history. Owner of johns grill files suit to collect on business interruption losses. Samuel west reprises his role as anthony blunt from cambridge spies in the crown in 2019, in the season three episode titled olding. 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. 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. May 08, 2003 as the bbc debuts a television series on the cambridge spies, people now on the campus weigh in on the infamous alumni. 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.
Image caption the story of the cambridge spies was told in a 2003. Former students kim philby, donald maclean, guy burgess, and anthony blunt were not motivated by money but believed in the anticapitalist model of the soviet union. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass britains biggest secrets to moscow. Anthony frederick blunt 26 september 1907 26 march 1983, styled as sir anthony blunt kcvo from 1956 to 1979, was a leading british art historian who in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, confessed to having been a soviet spy. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Guy burgess, the cold war, and the cambridge spy ring. The true story of a group of cambridge university students who are recruited to spy for the. 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 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. Harold kim philby, anthony blunt, guy burgess, and donald maclean were four bright, intelligent, and ambitious young men who attended cambridge university in the early 30s. No exit press, publication on 23 april who says that the public continues to be. They were rehabilitated but, having spied as antifascists first and defenders of the soviet union second, the end of. In 1934, four outstanding students at cambridge universityguy burgess, anthony blunt, kim philby, donald macleanwho shared a passion for communism, were recruited to spy for the soviet union. Watch cambridge spies episodes online season 1 2003. 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. As the bbc debuts a television series on the cambridge spies, people now on the campus weigh in on the infamous alumni. An interview with peter murphy, author of a new novel about the cambridge spies, and is there honey still for tea. The true story of a group of cambridge university students who are recruited to spy. Cambridge spies dbl dvd in 1934, four brilliant young men at cambridge university are recruited to spy for russia. The portlandbased punk band red dons is named after the cambridge five.
Cambridge university spy ring kim philby, guy burgess. 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. For a start, she was years older, and when they met she had already been. Its the true story of a group of cambridge university students who are recruited to spy for the soviet union in the early 1930s. Movie details the most notorious double agents in british history. For the aesthetes who graced the apostles society at cambridge university in the 1930s, conversion to the communist cause seemed an appropriate reaction to. The cambridge spy ring was a group of british young men recruited as soviet spies in the 1930s. Cambridge spy drama by bbc is worthy of the kgb telegraph. Cambridge spies 2003 tom hollander, rupert penryjones, toby. The cambridge spies were rewarded by being caught up in stalins pathological paranoia and were spied on by the nkvd as suspected double agents. Watch cambridge spies episodes online season 1 2003 tv.
Throughout and following world war ii, the cambridge chums passed countless documents to the soviets. Bbc news uk england cambridgeshire cambridge spies. Find out how old they were when they first appeared naked. Spies pursued rick gekoski attempts to track down diaries and effects of kim philby. Cambridge spies is a madefortv drama produced by the bbc which dramatizes the true story of these unlikely secret agents, exploring how they worked together, and what finally brought their. The tale of the most infamous double agents in british history. Much impressed by the excellent toby stephens, having seen how versatile he can be from.
This moody bbc 2003 dramatization of the most notorious debacle in the. With toby stephens, marcel iures, tom hollander, michael parkhouse. Kim philby, anthony blunt, guy burgess, and donald maclean were members of britains upper class elite. Episode 1 1 4 in 1934, cambridge undergraduates kim philby and donald maclean are recruited as spies. Nov 22, 2003 throughout and following world war ii, the cambridge chums passed countless documents to the soviets. Viewing figures for the series averaged at 2 million per episode. Cambridge spies tv series 20032003 the movie database. Dec 28, 2016 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. Jan 25, 1991 the cambridge spies this book about kim philby, donald maclean and guy burgess focuses mainly on the question. This fourpart drama relates the story of the cambridge spy ring. Of the cambridge spies, kim philby was the one who did the most damage. Bbc news entertainment bbc tackles glamorous spies. Last night a truck loaded with props was stolen from outside a cambridge hotel and emptied of its contents. Cambridge spies drama tracing the tale of the most infamous double agents in british history.
Cambridge spies the making of a bbc drama which revived the bitter subject of britains most notorious spy ring the telegraph magazine, 2002 four days into filming bbc2s new spy drama, there is reallife skulduggery afoot. May 22, 2003 of the cambridge spies, kim philby was the one who did the most damage. 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. With tom hollander, samuel west, rupert penryjones, toby stephens. Its no easy gig cambridge spies star eager to share history.
Allen leech portrays john cairncross in the imitation game, a biopic of alan turing. Mark lawson cambridge spies is the latest of many dramatic takes on the cold war traitors. 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. The complete series was released on dvd on 2 june 2003.
Idealistic kim philby toby stephens is recruited by a pair of fellow dons to spy for the kgb. And the rightwing press is already attacking it for portraying them as heroes. A spokeswoman said it would be a fresh take on the story, and that it was the first time the story of the group as a whole had ever been tackled by filmmakers. Directed by tim fywell, the fourpart miniseries starred toby stephens, tom hollander, rupert penryjones and samuel west. 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. Only halfway through the 4part series so far but cambridge spies has definitely lived up to my expectations. Get ready for lost in space check out photos of will and the rest of the robinson family as they work together to survive in a hostile alien environment in lost in space, streaming now on netflix. Nude celebrity pictures from movies, paparazzi photos, magazines and sex tapes. Cambridge spies is a bbc production based on a true story. They now have to convince the powers that be that they have outgrown their juvenile leanings towards socialism and become members of the british establishment. Cambridge spies donald maclean, left, and guy burgess, right. This fine bbc docudrama depicts the lives of the four cambridge spies from their university days, when they were recruited to do espionage work for the soviet union, through the defections of two of the four some twenty years later. The bbc says it wants the audience to be able to sympathise with the spies, whom it will portray as incredibly glamorous. The cambridge spies this book about kim philby, donald maclean and guy burgess focuses mainly on the question.
The group was known in britain as the cambridge spy ring, after the university where the men attended classes and were recruited for espionage. After his mission to rescue a jewish professor ends tragically, philby. 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 sovi. Many secret service personnel lost their lives thanks to his treachery. The cambridge spy ring is thought of as an allmale affair. This question is not so easy to solve, because the british authorities had every incentive to minimize the perceived damage these spies had inflicted. While at cambridge university two students, philby and maclean, are approached by intelligence officers and requested to. The cambridge spies is the first book to detail their behindthescenes effort to sabotage americas national security apparatus during the crucial period between 1945 and 1951 when each, at various times, served at the british embassy in washington. Apr 28, 2003 mark lawson cambridge spies is the latest of many dramatic takes on the cold war traitors. Below are images from the 2003 miniseries called cambridge spies. Take me to the riot from stars in our bedroom after the. Watch the cambridge spies season 1, episode 1 episode one. 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. Burgess, blunt, philby and maclean, still ardent communists and working for the kgb, must follow instructions and cover their political leanings.
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