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Cambridge Spies | How Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt and Cairncross were unmasked
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For the aesthetes who graced the Apostles society at Cambridge University in the 1930s, conversion to the communist cause seemed an appropriate reaction to the menace of European fascism. For a few of these young intellectuals, the invitation to spy for the Kremlin was the ultimate proof of loyalty to that cause.
These programmes examine the gradual exposure of the Cambridge Spies and reveal how the names Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Blunt and 'fifth man' Cairncross became synonymous with treachery at the heart of the British establishment.
Features
Cambridge Spies Collection
Interview with Mr R Hughes of 'The Sunday Times'
British journalist returns from meeting Burgess and Maclean in Moscow.
Radio Newsreel
Tom Driberg
The MP Tom Driberg remembers his friendship with Guy Burgess.
The World at One
Andrew Boyle
Andrew Boyle, the Cambridge Spies and 'The Climate of Treason'.
News
Anthony Blunt Spy Case
'A case of political conscience against loyalty to country.'
State Security
Margaret Thatcher exposes Anthony Blunt's treachery in Parliament.
Outlook
The 'Fifth Man'.
A KGB agent names the Cambridge spy ring's 'fifth man'.
Newsnight
John Cairncross
The 'fifth man' from the Cambridge spy ring is named.
Archive Hour
Spies Like Us
The network the KGB dubbed the 'Magnificent Five'.
Adventures in the BBC Archive
Stella Rimington
A former head of MI5 investigates the Cambridge Spies.
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