Cambridge Spies

Cambridge Spies
Genre	Historical drama
Written by	Peter Moffatt
Directed by	Tim Fywell
Starring	Tom Hollander · Toby Stephens · Samuel West · Rupert Penry-Jones
Composer(s)	John Lunn
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Laura Mackie · Gareth Neame · Sally Woodward Gentle
Producer(s)	Mark Shivas
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	BBC
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original airing	May 9, 2003

Cambridge Spies was a 2003 four-part BBC television drama concerning the lives of the Cambridge Four from 1934 to the defection of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean to the Soviet Union. It was written by Peter Moffat and directed by Tim Fywell.

Cast

All episodes

• Guy Burgess - Tom Hollander
• Kim Philby - Toby Stephens
• Anthony Blunt - Samuel West
• Donald Maclean - Rupert Penry-Jones

Episode 1

• Oliver Lester - Adam Blackwood
• Rightwing student - Nicholas Burns
• Litzi Friedman, first wife of Kim Philby - Lisa Dillon
• Arthur Quigley - Peter Eyre
• Miriam Block - Jenna Harrison
• Michael Frank - Daniel Hart
• Porter - Colin Higgins
• Otto, the spies' first handler - Marcel Iures
• Julian Bell - Patrick Kennedy
• Jack Hewit - Stuart Laing
• Professor Bruno Klein - Leon Lissek
• Charlie Givens - Simon Woods

Episode 2

• Priest - Alberto Martin Alvarez
• Prosecutor - Philip Anthony
• Policeman - Matthew Bell
• Francis Doble - Nancy Carroll
• Edward Hand - Benedict Cumberbatch
• Lord Raveley - Nicholas Day
• Prince of Wales - Julian Firth
• Fanny Battle - Gillian Goodman
• Magistrate - Geoffrey Harris
• Tea lady - Jeanne Hepple
• Luisa Jiminez - Aleksandra Hertsberg
• Otto, the spies' first handler - Marcel Iures
• Guardsman Rutter - Christopher James
• Sir Michael Boal - Simon Jones
• Julian Bell - Patrick Kennedy
• Jack Hewit - Stuart Laing
• Son - Manuel Munoz
• Norma - Michelle Newell
• First BBC man - Michael Parkhouse
• Marge - Mary Jo Randle
• Second BBC man - Miles Richardson
• Mother - Mireia Rojo
• BBC presenter - Mark Shivas
• Sir Clive Woodham - Simon Masterton Smith
• Woman at bar - Christiane Spivey
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Imelda Staunton
• David Joy - Freddie Stevenson
• Frank Cliff - John Warnaby

Episode 3

• Captain Nash - Kathryn Akin
• King George VI - Anthony Andrews
• Philip Statman - Jonathan Burn
• British Corporal - Lee Colley
• Henry - Darrell D'Silva
• Drunk Girl - Kate Ford
• Cairncross - Alastair Galbraith
• Boris - Boris Isarov
• Jack Hewit - Stuart Laing
• James Angleton - John Light
• Captain Clough - Ben Meyjes
• Colonel Winter - Ronald Pickup
• Melinda, wife of Donald Maclean - Anna-Louise Plowman
• Father May - David Savile
• Krivitsky - Joe Searby
• Major Hart - Ian Shaw
• Guy Liddell - Angus Wright

Episode 4

• 1st diplomat - Charles Cartmell
• Nicole Ivanisovic - Nancy Crane
• Mrs. Angleton, wife of James Jesus Angleton - Emma Davies
• Henry - Darrell D'Silva
• Lord Halifax - James Fox
• General Walter Bedell Smith - John Guerrasio
• Klaus Fuchs - Garrick Hagon
• Porter - Colin Higgins
• James Angleton - John Light
• K - Martin McDougall
• 1st wife - Annabel Mullion
• Colonel Winter - Ronald Pickup
• Melinda, wife of Donald Maclean - Anna-Louise Plowman
• Aileen Furse- Lucy Russell
• Fergus Maclean (aged 5) - Thaddeus Small
• The Queen - Imelda Staunton
• Guy Liddell - Angus Wright
• Dock worker - John Warman

Cast trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2009)

• Ronald Pickup and Samuel West also acted with one another in Foyle's War, series three, episode one.
• James Fox has also played Anthony Blunt, in Alan Bennett's play A Question of Attribution.
• Anna-Louise Plowman, who played Donald Maclean's wife, is Toby Stephens' (who played Kim Philby) wife in real life.
• Tom Hollander, who played Guy Burgess, played Kim Philby in The Company.
• Rupert Penry-Jones, who played Donald Maclean, went on to play a British MI5 intelligence officer in the long-running hit BBC drama Spooks.

External links

• The Cambridge Spies By Phillip Knightley at BBC History
• The Cambridge Spies at BBC History
• BBC tackles 'glamorous' spies at BBC News
• Cambridge spies were 'flawed' at BBC News
• Cambridge Spies on Newsnight Review
• Cambridge Spies: Your views at BBC News
• Cambridge Spies at BBC Press Office
• Cambridge Spies VHS and DVD Release at BBC Press Office
• Cambridge Spies at the Internet Movie Database