ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, throws new light on the Kim Philby affair via his friendship with (and brutal betrayal of) fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott.

The Cambridge spy Kim ... friends there. But the over-ruling inspiration was the other side,” he said. As the meeting drew to a close, Elliott recalled a conversation they had once had when ...

3. Allegory of the Catholic Faith - Philby begins to understand that the KGB can never fully trust him now that he’s in Moscow.As far as they’re concerned, his life as a spy for them is over ...

Lily has forced Elliot to remember more than he perhaps ever wanted to about Philby. Months later, Elliott receives a letter from Philby asking for a meeting in an East Berlin bar.