Cambridge Spies | How Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt and Cairncross were unmasked
Platform One | Andrew Boyle
Reflections on an era of betrayal.
CHANNEL | BBC 1
FIRST BROADCAST | 17 January 1980
DURATION | 29 minutes 55 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1980
Synopsis
Writer Andrew Boyle talks to Donald MacCormick about his book 'The Climate of Treason', which looks at the activities of the Cambridge Spies and explores the motivation of the individuals involved. He didn't set out to expose Anthony Blunt, but happened to uncover his story along the way, thus opening this controversial can of worms.
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After serving as a major in the Army during World War II, Boyle joined the BBC in 1947 as a scriptwriter. He pioneered fast-paced investigative journalism when he was editor of the radio programme 'The World at One' and went on to become editor of the flagship current-affairs radio series 'PM' and 'The World This Weekend'.
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