Cambridge Spies
- TV Mini Series
- 2003
- 3h 55m
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 the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaSamuel West, who portrays Anthony Blunt in this series, played the same role 16 years later in season 3, episode 1 of The Crown.
- GoofsAnthony 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.
- 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.
- ConnectionsVersion of Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)
- SoundtracksJerusalem
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
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BBC comes up to scratch even when depicting painful/shameful parts of British history
I had heard and read about Kim Philby, of course, but not of the other ones, plus I was not aware of their past and story of formation. Realistic atmosphere, motives well explained and logical, vices and virtues of the protagonists, etc. - everything depicted in a skilful manner. And, of course, the performances, particularly Tom Hollander as Guy Burgess, but also the others - convincing, stylish, but also showing dangers of "elite" and closed communities where depravities are so easy to emerge and develop.
In retrospect, one may ponder on and over how the British authorities were so naive, but, on the other hand, it was an era without much technology and funding to deal with "the own"...
In retrospect, one may ponder on and over how the British authorities were so naive, but, on the other hand, it was an era without much technology and funding to deal with "the own"...
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