A Spy Among Friends: Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah
December 11, 2022 3:00 AM - Season 1, Episode 1 - Subscribe

In England in 1963, Nicholas Elliott works for MI6 as an intelligence officer but is left in turmoil when he learns his close friend and colleague, Kim Philby, had been secretly working as a double agent for the KGB, defecting to the Soviet Union.

The Independent has a great visual article on the history background.
posted by jouke (1 comment total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I really enjoyed this. The elided conversations. The jackets and hats and ties.
I was very moved by the a Morecamb and Wise skit morphing into Are You Lonesome Tonight. So well done. The heartbreak of a lost friendship.
posted by jouke at 11:27 AM on December 12, 2022


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