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 ...

“The release reveals new details in the cases of the Cambridge spies Kim Philby ... in a parliamentary statement in 1979 and he died four years later. Cairncross made his confession, including ...

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 ...