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Cambridge Spies

TV·2003–2003·1 season, 4 episodes·BBC Two·Drama·1h·Created by Peter Moffat

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In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge students are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow.

Cast

Tom HollanderTom HollanderGuy BurgessToby StephensToby StephensKim PhilbyRupert Penry-JonesRupert Penry-JonesDonald MacleanSamuel WestSamuel WestAnthony Blunt

Episodes by season

Season014Episodes2003Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode OneMay 9, 2003—While at Cambridge university two students, Philby and Maclean, are approached by Intelligence officers and requested to spy. It does not ta
  2. S01E02Episode TwoMay 16, 2003—Burgess gets a job at the BBC.
  3. S01E03Episode ThreeMay 23, 2003—With the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the spies find themselves working for the Allies.
  4. S01E04Episode FourMay 30, 2003—The Soviets detonate an atom bomb and take the world by surprise.

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