Cambridge Spies (2003– )

In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to ...

Stars:

Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry-Jones

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tom Hollander	...	Guy Burgess (4 episodes, 2003)
Toby Stephens	...	Kim Philby (4 episodes, 2003)
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	Donald Maclean (4 episodes, 2003)
Samuel West	...	Anthony Blunt (4 episodes, 2003)
Stuart Laing	...	Jack Hewit (3 episodes, 2003)
Darrell D'Silva	...	Henry (2 episodes, 2003)
Anna-Louise Plowman	...	Melinda Maclean (2 episodes, 2003)
Ronald Pickup	...	Colonel Winter (2 episodes, 2003)
Marcel Iures	...	Otto (2 episodes, 2003)
Angus Wright	...	Guy Liddell (2 episodes, 2003)
Patrick Kennedy	...	Julian Bell (2 episodes, 2003)
Colin Higgins	...	Porter (2 episodes, 2003)
John Light	...	James Angleton (2 episodes, 2003)
Imelda Staunton	...	The Queen (2 episodes, 2003)

Storyline

In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true events.

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Plot Keywords:

dancing | car crashes through a fence | water fountain | billiards | war planning | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

BBC [uk]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2003 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cambridge kémei

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Perpetual Motion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

235 min 235 min (4 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

There is a scene with a steam train leaving a station during World War 2 with the blue double-oval "First" sign (for First Class) on the window and the red triangle "No Smoking" sign also on a window. Both these signs were not introduced until the railways were nationalized in 1948 and became British Railways.

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Quotes

Guy Burgess: Isn't he beautiful? His name is Julian Bell. He frightens me 'cause he burns so brightly. Bright, beautiful flames burn out.

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Connections

Version of Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)

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Soundtracks

Alleleuia Chorus from "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel

User Reviews

brilliant

Although have only seen part one of this brilliant series, am delighted. Performances of lead actor very good indeed, very nice photographed in period, am looking forward to next episodes