Boom-Ooh-Yatatatah

Episode aired Mar 12, 2023
55m

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7.2/10

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Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis in A Spy Among Friends (2022)

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In the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closest friend in MI6 is under investigation by Lily.In the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closest friend in MI6 is under investigation by Lily.In the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closest friend in MI6 is under investigation by Lily.

Director
- Nick Murphy
Writers
- Alexander Cary
- Ben Macintyre
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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

400

YOUR RATING

Director
- Nick Murphy
Writers
- Alexander Cary
- Ben Macintyre
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The two performers alongside Morecambe and Wise, known as "Sid and Dick", are Sidney Green and Richard Hills (frequently credited as S.C. Green and R.M. Hills). They were Morecambe and Wise's writers during the 1960s for the pair's television shows on ITV, as well as their three cinematic films. In the TV shows they would occasionally make appearances in sketches like this. (In reality they did not accompany the boys on stage tours.)

Goofs
The series was quite fair to James Jesus Angleton. He was very friendly with Philby for five years and stoutly defended him at the beginning. His confidence was so shaken by the betrayal, he 'saw Reds under every bed'. His contention that there were moles in the CIA almost led to its destruction. How the Russians must have celebrated.

Quotes
Lily Thomas: [Talking about Kim Philby] By the way why wasn't he in some sort of custody?
Nicholas Elliott: Well, that's not how we...
[breaks off]
Nicholas Elliott: [after a pause] I was trying to appeal to his better nature.
Lily Thomas: As an Englishman.
Nicholas Elliott: And husband. And father.
Lily Thomas: How did you and he first meet?
Nicholas Elliott: Not sure what that has to do with what happened in Beirut...
Lily Thomas: Oh, what happened in Beirut is that the most dangerous Soviet penetration agent this country's ever known, legged it. On your watch.

Crazy credits
Jay Simpson's character is incorrectly identified as "M16 Cabbie" (the number 16). It should be "MI6 Cabbie" (the letters MI, which stand for "Military Intelligence"). The same error was made in episode 4 after which the credits were corrected.