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The Spy Who Went Into the Cold (Original title)
Date: 18 November 2013 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: George Carey

Synopsis: Documentary about Russian spy Kim Philby, from his early days at Cambridge, via witnessing first hand the brutal suppression by Austrian fascists of a worker's uprising, being recruited by the Russians, working for the MI6, his time in Beirut, and to his life and death in Russia. With contributions from author Phillip Knightley, writer and historian Patrick Seale, Philby's daughter Josephine, and others.

Genre:
Documentary

Subjects:
Espionage, USSR, Great Britain, MI6, Cambridge, Fascism, Communism, Philby, Kim (1912-1988)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 18 November 2013Broadcast channel: BBC4Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:15Digital Terrestrial - Dialogue (original): English - Colour - Sound