Cambridge Spies

Name: Cambridge Spies
Released: 2003-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Rupert Penry-Jones, Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens

TV Show · Drama · History

Tom Hollander co-stars in this thrilling spy story about the most notorious double agents in British history. Cambridge students establish a spy ring fueled by youthful idealism.

2003 · 1h 2m

Starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens

Director Tim Fywell

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

At Cambridge in the 1930s, don Anthony Blunt and student Guy Burgess recruit fellow students Kim Philby and Donald Maclean to fight fascism by spying for Soviet Russia.

48m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Benedict Cumberbatch appears in this second episode of Cambridge Spies. The group go underground as part of the establishment: Blunt is close to the royal family, Maclean joins the Foreign Office, Burgess is in MI5 and Philby is a journalist.

49m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Chronicling the story of the most infamous double agents in British history. Anthony Blunt is sent to Germany to retrieve sensitive documents.

48m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

During the Cold War, Maclean is passing atomic energy information to his Soviet contact. Burgess becoming increasingly self-destructive.

49m