Cambridge Spies

Toby Stephens stars in this stylish thriller about British double agents

Toby Stephens & Tom Hollander star in this stylish thriller about Britain's notorious double agents. In 1934, at Cambridge University, some friends become embroiled in a spy ring.

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Four young men meet in Cambridge; together they conspire to change the world for the good.

Cambridge undergraduates Kim Philby and Donald Maclean are recruited by Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess to work for Moscow.

The four spies must bury their left-wing pasts and become part of the Establishment.

The four spies must bury their left-wing pasts and become part of the Establishment. Philby manages to penetrate MI5 and is sent to Spain to become a right-wing journalist. While there he is ordered by Moscow to assassinate Franco.

Donald Maclean falls in love with an American woman, but makes a shocking confession.

It's wartime and the Germans are closing in on Paris. Donald Maclean falls in love with an American, Melinda, and hurriedly marries her so that she can escape with him and the British embassy staff.

Now able to pass secrets on to Moscow, it's not long before the CIA suspects Maclean.

Maclean is able to pass nuclear secrets on to Moscow, and as a result the Soviets are able to detonate their first atomic bomb. The CIA narrows down their suspects and Maclean is on the list. Philby realises that if one falls they all fall.

Cambridge Spies

Cambridge Spies

Series 1

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4