A spy among friends, the new Cold War spy thriller starring Emmy Award winners Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce hits our screens this week. The six-part series dramatizes Ben Macintyre’s New York Times best-selling book about dastardly British double agent Kim Philby. A spy among friends is free to watch on ITVX in the UK, but read on for our guide on how to watch A spy among friends wherever you are in the world.
A live stream of Spy Among Friends
Premiere: Thursday December 8
Free streaming: ITVX (opens in new tab) (UK)
Watch ITVX from abroad: ExpressVPN (opens in new tab)
Stream US/Canada: Britbox ($6.99/month)
Form: Guy Pearce, Damian Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Kunken, Karel Roden, Monika Gossman
A spy among friends the true story of Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce), two British spies and lifelong friends. Until Elliot discovers that Philby is the most notorious MI6 defector and Soviet mole in history, betraying nearly every Allied secret with the craft and cunning of a John Le Carre villain.
Billed as an intimate portrait of Philby’s deeply personal betrayal, uncovered at the height of the Cold War, A spy among friends explores Philby’s treacherous exploits – and British/American intelligence errors – in six heart-pounding episodes. The excellent supporting cast includes Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland), Stephen Kunken (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Adrian Edmondson (Bottom).
All six episodes of A spy among friends will be available to stream exclusively on ITVX from December 8, 2022. Make sure you know how to look A spy among friends wherever you are.
Watch A Spy Among Friends for free
All six episodes of A spy among friends will be available to stream for free ITVX (opens in new tab) from Thursday 8 Dec. Need Sign Up (opens in new tab)? Just use your email address and a UK postcode (eg W12 7RU).
Traveling outside the UK? You can use a VPN to access ITVX from anywhere (opens in new tab). Full details below…
How to watch A Spy Among Friends from abroad with a VPN
Even if you’ve signed up to ITVX, you won’t be able to use the service outside the UK. The service knows your location based on your IP address and automatically blocks your access.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) helps you get around this obstacle. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, so you can watch your favorite streaming services when you travel abroad.
There are many VPNs out there, but some are more reliable and secure than others. We prefer ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) which offers a 100 percent risk-free money-back guarantee and is excellent at unblocking streaming services
Using a VPN for A Spy Among Friends
Using a VPN to watch A spy among friends is incredibly simple.
1. Install the VPN of your choice. ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) is the one we recommend.
2. Open the VPN app and choose the location of the service you want to access. For ITVX, you must choose ‘UK’.
3. Then go to ITVX on your browser or device and enjoy the free A spy among friends live stream.
USA/Canada: live stream of A Spy Among Friends
In the US and Canada, A spy among friends will stream on Britbox. A subscription costs $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year. All six episodes will be available from December 9.
Do not forget: Brits who are in the US, Canada or anywhere else can use a VPN to stream all six episodes from A spy among friends free on ITVX (opens in new tab). We recommend ExpressVPN. Details just above.
Australia: A Spy Among Friends live stream
BritBox Australia is the only place to find it A spy among friends live stream in Oz. Subscription costs AU$8.99 per month or AU$89.99 per year. New users get one 7 days free trial (opens in new tab).
A Spy Among Friends episode 1 synopsis
Following Kim Philby’s escape to Moscow, his best friend in British Secret Intelligence (aka MI6.), Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation by Ms. Lily Thomas of the Security Service (MI5). Did he facilitate Philby’s escape because he is also a traitor working for the Russians, or is their twenty-three years of friendship clouding his judgment at a critical moment? Or maybe, just maybe, he actually had the last laugh after manipulating Philby into running to the bosom of the KGB for foreign intelligence purposes.