Cambridge Spies 

The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.

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 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

The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.

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Plot Keywords:

university | spy | traitor | betrayal | whiskey | 

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Taglines:

The most notorious double agents in British history.

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Tom Hollander has appeared in such espionage movies as Hanna (2011), Enigma (2001), and Missão Impossível: Nação Secreta (2015), as well as the later BBC television spy series, O Gerente de Noite (2016), an adaptation of a John le Carré 1993 novel of the same name.

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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: Vladivostok, Moscow, the Kusnetsk Basin, Cambridge - the coldest places on Earth. Of the four, Cambridge is the coldest, permanently February the nineteenth.

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Connections

Version of Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)

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Soundtracks

Where or When
written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

User Reviews

Very entertaining

Cambridge Spies is glamorous, intelligent and exciting - a winning formula! The acting is brilliant and the editing very stylish. The plot is slightly hard to catch at times, but it doesn't matter as the locations are stunning and performances touching. Great TV!

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2003 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cambridge kémei

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Perpetual Motion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

235 min (4 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1