A Spy Among Friends: Now a major ITV series starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce

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Bunbury, Stephanie (7 October 2022). "TV Review: Damian Lewis & Guy Pearce In 'A Spy Among Friends' ". Deadline . Retrieved 10 December 2022. Gregory, Elizabeth (8 December 2022). "ITVX: From A Spy Among Friends to Litvinenko to Riches, what's on ITV's new streaming platform?". Evening Standard.

Cannon, Nicholas (15 June 2022). "A Spy Among Friends: Cast, first look, and everything we know". What to Watch. 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. Spy-on-spy spying! … Lily Thomas (Anna Maxwell Martin). Photograph: Ed Miller/Sony Pictures Television Fallon, Heather (22 March 2023). " 'The Responder', 'This Is Going To Hurt' lead 2023 Bafta TV nominations". Screen Daily . Retrieved 22 March 2023. The story of the notorious MI6 agent and Soviet spy Kim Philby has been told numerous times before, but A Spy Among Friends (ITVX) has a fresh bash at it, using Ben Macintyre’s book of the same name as its source and inspiration. The stakes are high. This is one of the flagship dramas to launch ITV’s revamped online player and new subscription service. It comes with a starry cast and what should be an irresistible tale of intrigue, double-crossing and suspense, stretched out over multiple locations from Istanbul, Beirut and London to Moscow and Ohio.verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2021). "Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in BritBox and Spectrum's 'A Spy Among Friends' – First Look Revealed". Variety . Retrieved 9 July 2023. Principal photography took place in London, England and Romania, and finished in spring 2022. [3] Broadcast [ edit ]

Hertz, Barry (16 February 2023). "5 Things to stream this weekend: Prime Video's crafty A Spy Among Friends, plus peak Tom Cruise". The Globe and the Mail . Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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Villei, Matt (10 January 2023). " 'A Spy Among Friends' Sets Release Date". Collider . Retrieved 20 February 2023. White, Peter (6 October 2021). "Damian Lewis & Guy Pearce Lead Cold War Limited Series 'A Spy Among Friends' for Spectrum Originals & BritBox UK". Deadline.