These programmes examine the gradual exposure of the Cambridge Spies and reveal how the names Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Blunt and 'fifth man' Cairncross became synonymous with treachery at the ...

Gordievsky later starred in the BBC series Secrets and Spies: A Nuclear Game, which delved into his incredible life. His work saw him provide crucial information to the British Secret Intelligence ...

While teaching at Cambridge University, Blunt was influential in recruiting the other three, who were all students there. Burgess became a journalist after he left university, but on the outbreak ...