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Friday, 13 February 2009

Television - Cambridge Spies

[updated 19 March 2011]


IMDB|Wikipedia


Reviews

The Guardian ("Cambridge Spies", 9 May 2003)
"...Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Toby Stephens and Rupert Penry-Jones excel as the infamous communists..."

Houston Chronicle ("The 'Spies' Among Us", 25 October 2003)
"...the acting is a joy to behold. Tom Hollander (Gosford Park) plays the homosexual Burgess with an openness astonishing for its day. Samuel West (Howards End) imbues Blunt with equanimity and intelligence. Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) and Rupert Penry-Jones (Charlotte Gray) are equally strong as, respectively, Philby and Maclean..."


Articles

The Guardian [link]
UPI [link]
The Age [link]
The Independent [link]
Independent On Sunday "Preview - Cambridge Spies", 4 May 2003
The Northern Echo "Their kind of Guy", 8 May 2003
Televisual "Spies Like Us", 2 April 2003
Yorkshire Post "Sex, Lies and Master Spies", 8 May 2003


Interviews

Rupert Penry-Jones: Belfast News Letter "Catching up with the Cambridge spies saga", 15 May 2003; Daily Post (Liverpool) "Spies and family ties", 10 May 2003
Samuel West: Belfast News Letter "Cambridge spies go West for drama", 30 May 2003; Scottish Daily Record "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel", 3 May 2003; The Western Mail "Let's be Blunt", 29 April 2003; Manchester Evening News; Houston Chronicle "Fourth generation actor stars in BBC America's spy movie", 25 October 2003
Toby Stephens: Augusta Chronicle; sfgate; The Express on Sunday "Bright ideals that ended in the Moscow gloom", 27 April 2003; The Evening Standard "I'm perfect to play toff spy Philby", 1 May 2003; Birmingham Post "Spy Another Day", 5 May 2003
Tom Hollander: Evening Times "The Cam Before the Storm", 9 May 2003


Clip

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Pictures

Milk Publicity [link]

Stills:
Shootastic (hi-res) (registration required) [link]
OBASC [link]

Screencaps (click thumbnails for full size):

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Links

BBC 1|2|3
BAFTA/LA [link]

1 comment:

m4sure said...

Strange you should post this. Cambridge Spies was shown on UK TV on Valentine's Day. lol :)