Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal

Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal

120 mins | Documentary | April 2, 2014

Author Ben Macintyre explores the truth behind one of the most famous double agents in modern history - Harold Kim Philby. He argues that Philby has become a caricature of the gentleman spy, obscuring the fact that Philby was a ruthless killer, who betrayed everyone around him. The key to Philby's success and his survival, Macintyre explains, lay in his friendship with a man that history has largely forgotten - Nicholas Elliott. Elliott was Philby's colleague in MI6 who befriended him, defended him, and unwittingly supplied him with secrets until he discovered the truth. This is the remarkable tale of two friends and two spies, each working on opposite sides in the Cold War.

Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal

120 mins | Documentary | April 2, 2014

Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal
Author Ben Macintyre explores the truth behind one of the most famous double agents in modern history - Harold Kim Philby. He argues that Philby has become a caricature of the gentleman spy, obscuring the fact that Philby was a ruthless killer, who betrayed everyone around him. The key to Philby's success and his survival, Macintyre explains, lay in his friendship with a man that history has largely forgotten - Nicholas Elliott. Elliott was Philby's colleague in MI6 who befriended him, defended him, and unwittingly supplied him with secrets until he discovered the truth. This is the remarkable tale of two friends and two spies, each working on opposite sides in the Cold War.
Producers BBC
Original title Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal
Directors Francis Whately
Writers Ben Macintyre

Cast

David Oakes

as Kim Philby

William Beck

as Nicholas Elliot

Ben Macintyre

as Himself