Double agent Kim Philby dies

Title

Double agent Kim Philby dies

Genre

Interview; Obituary

TX Date

12 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:40

Description

Ken Goodwin reports on the death in Moscow of British double-agent, Kim Philby. Includes an archive recording of a Kim Philby interview, and author Phillip Knightley talking about the damage he caused. The spy who betrayed Western agents to the Soviets never saw his English homeland after defecting a quarter of a century ago.

Contributors

Ken Goodwin; Kim Philby; Phillip Knightley

Keywords

Deaths; UK; USSR; Espionage; Spies; Intelligence service; Kim Philby; Moscow

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