A Spy Among Friends

A Spy Among Friends is a British espionage thriller television series, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis. It is based on the book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, adapted by Alex Cary and directed by Nick Murphy. It was available to stream on ITVX in the United Kingdom from December 2022, Amazon Prime Video in Canada from February 2023, and MGM+ in the United States from March 2023. Synopsis In 1963, Nicholas Elliott (Lewis) is working for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) as an intelligence officer and is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague, Kim Philby (Pearce), has been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB since 1934. Elliot interviews him in Beirut and then Philby defects to the Soviet Union. Cast Guy Pearce as Kim Philby Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott Anna Maxwell Martin as Lily Thomas Adrian Edmondson as Sir Roger Hollis Stephen Kunken as James Jesus Angleton Nicholas Rowe as Sir Anthony Blunt Thomas Arnold as Guy Burgess Monika Gossmann as Galina Karel Roden as Col. Sergei Brontov Anastasia Hille as Flora Solomon Edward Baker-Duly as Ian Fleming Radoslaw Kaim as Konstantin Dmitrievich Volkov Episodes