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Philby, Burgess and Maclean

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29/05/2002

BBC Four - Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Dramatisation about three Russian spies who penetrated the British Foreign Service.

Ian Curteis's dramatisation of the story of three Russian spies who penetrated the British Foreign Service, first screened in 1977. The drama takes place between 1945 and 1955.

Ian Curteis's dramatisation of the story of three Russian spies who penetrated the British Foreign Service, first screened in 1977. The drama takes place between 1945 and 1955, when Kim Philby was erroneously cleared of being the Third Man in the Burgess and Maclean spy scandal.

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