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

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Production
Principal photography took place in London, England and Romania, and finished in spring 2022. Broadcast
Broadcast in the United
Kingdom on the streaming service ITVX was moved with a delay in the launch of ITVX from 1 November 2022 to 8 December 2022. In February 2023, the series became available in Canada via Amazon Prime Video. The series became available on MGM+ from 12 March 2023 in the United States. Reception 
Critical reception of A Spy Among Friends was mixed, with Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian writing, "There are plenty of small thrills to be had from a world built on codes and double meanings." Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline Hollywood wrote that the "unfolding of their negotiations" was "not seat-of-your-pants televisual excitement, but it is the stuff of sustained intrigue". Jay Skelton of Reel Mockery called A Spy Among Friends "frustrating to watch". Nick Hilton of The Independent wrote that "there is much to enjoy about A Spy Among Friends". Accolades
The series was nominated in the best mini-series category at the British Academy Television Awards, announced in March 2023. References

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Espionage television series
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Television series set in 1963
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