The Real Spies Among Friends

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"Following the recent dramatisation of Kim Philby's defection, 'A Spy Among Friends', this documentary provides a brisk retelling of the actual facts. For many, it's a now familiar story, but its efficiently told here. The striking thing (and one which the drama also focussed on) is how the British establishment was unwilling to acknowlege, first to itself and then later to the public, that its own members had betrayed their country. The diverse characters of the four (famous) spies makes the story so intriguing; John Cairncross, later outed as "the fifth man", is ..."