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 right-wing journalist. Spain tests Burgess and Philby. Burgess's lover Julian Bell goes to die fighting for the republic. However, Burgess can't blow his cover to support him and is affected by this betrayal. Philby, reporting from Spain, fails to carry out orders from his Soviet control, Otto, to assassinate Franco. Philby flees Spain and survives, but his betrayal costs Otto his life.When Stalin signs a non-agression pact with Nazi Germany, all four feel betrayed as their struggles against fascism have been turned upside down.
Name | Type | Role | |
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Peter Moffat | Writer | ||
Benedict Cumberbatch | Guest Star | ||
Miles Richardson | Guest Star | ||
John Warnaby | Guest Star | ||
Gillian Goodman | Guest Star | ||
Aleksandra Hertzberg | Guest Star | ||
Philip Anthony | Guest Star | ||
Julian Firth | Guest Star | ||
Mary Jo Randle | Guest Star | ||
Nancy Crane | Guest Star | ||
Alberto Martin Alvarez | Guest Star | ||
Simon Jones | Guest Star | ||
Michelle Newell | Guest Star | ||
Geoffrey Harris | Guest Star | ||
Simon Masterton-Smith | Guest Star | ||
Micha | Guest Star | ||
Freddie Stevenson | Guest Star | ||
Tim Fywell | Director |