Cambridge Five - Wikipedia
The term "Five" began to be used in 1961, when KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn named Maclean and Burgess as part of a "Ring of Five", with Philby a 'probable' third, alongside two other agents whom he did not know.
Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV Movie 1977) - IMDb
Philby, Burgess and Maclean: Directed by Gordon Flemyng. With Anthony Bate, Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Ingrid Hafner. Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
Burgess and Maclean: Revelations - The National Archives blog
Oct 23, 2015 · Philby warned Maclean of the imminent danger and he fled, with Burgess, to the Soviet Union. The files released today contain detailed reports and intercepted correspondence which provide...
Guy Burgess - Wikipedia
Although not at this stage under suspicion, Burgess nevertheless accompanied fellow spy Donald Maclean when the latter, on the point of being unmasked, fled to Moscow in May 1951.
BBC - History - Historic Figures: The Cambridge Spies
In 1951, tipped off by Philby that they were under suspicion, Burgess and Maclean defected to the Soviet Union, where they spent the rest of their lives. Philby was also a journalist but...
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? - TheCollector
Jul 11, 2024 · Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess, John Cairncross, Donald Maclean, and Kim Philby – known as the Cambridge Five – were elite British members of a KGB spy ring that penetrated the upper echelons of British intelligence.
The Cambridge Five Spy Ring Passed WWII Secrets to the Soviet …
Jan 13, 2023 · Having been stopped for speeding three times in one day, Burgess was about to be sent home in disgrace when Philby learned of the revelations regarding Maclean. Burgess now had the perfect cover to return to England and warn …
BBC Four - Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Sep 3, 2007 · 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. Dramatisation about three Russian spies who...
The last secrets of Kim Philby, the Soviet double agent who …
4 days ago · When Maclean returned to the U.K., it was Philby who ended up posted to the U.S. capital. There he discovered that the British authorities were about to unmask his comrade. Using a secret code, he warned Guy Burgess, another of the five spies, who worked at the Foreign Office and was then living in Philby’s London apartment, to alert Maclean.
Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV Movie 1977) - Plot - IMDb
In the late 1940s, British intelligence believes they have a Russian spy in their midst. They narrow the list to five or so individuals, one of whom is Donald Maclean, who was assigned to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., and had full access to U.S. atomic secrets.