A Spy Among Friends: Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

December 11, 2022 3:00 AM - Season 1, Episode 1

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 (4 comments total)

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

Two years later and I’m enjoying this!
posted by ellieBOA at 11:46 AM on April 20

More for after the final episode, but the Independent has a great interactive story about the series.
posted by ellieBOA at 7:06 PM on April 21

And I thought the whole mini series was excellent!
posted by ellieBOA at 7:07 PM on April 21