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While Lewis has played a fictional spy in Le Carre’s Our Kind of Traitor, a turncoat in the US thriller Homeland and presented a documentary series Damian Lewis: Spy Wars about real covert operations for the History Channel, the actor has never played a real life spy.Īround the time Lewis was being tipped as a possible successor to Daniel Craig, he insisted he would make a better spy than James Bond, a nod perhaps to his knowing the real world of espionage is very different to the make-believe one depicted in fiction.
Philby was a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring, which included Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross. Their close friendship meant Elliott felt Philby’s betrayal more acutely than many others in the Secret Service. His escape led to widespread criticism of MI6, although Elliott was adamant that he could not have prevented his departure. Although Philby did confess in person to his friend, he delayed signing a written confession and promptly fled to Moscow, where he was granted Soviet citizenship.
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He had volunteered to confront Philby to get a full written confession about his career as a double agent. The programme, based on the best seller of the same name by Ben Macintyre, tells the story of the close friendship between Elliott and Philby who had once worked in Beirut together.Įlliott later told of his last contact with Philby in 1963. Wearing Elliort’s trademark round glasses and pin-stripe suit he was on a specially converted street with 1950’s shop fronts in Pimlico.ĭamian Lewis on set in Pimlico CREDIT: Julian Simmonds Lewis, 49, was filming in London for the new Britbox series, A Spy Among Friends. His role as Nicholas Elliott, an MI6 officer who defended Philby until his treachery became irrefutable, is ideal for Lewis who has insisted he would make a great spy, possibly better than James Bond. Testimony's film is a tear jerker but told with the real facts and incredible stills and archive.By Steve Bird | The Telegraph | October 31, 2021ĭamian Lewis filming the Cold War drama limited series A Spy Among Friends CREDIT: Julian Simmondsīudding Bond Damian Lewis stars as the MI6 officer who played cat-and-mouse with Kim Philby.ĭamian Lewis’s fascination with spies has seen him play a John Le Carre secret agent and even present an entire documentary series on espionage.īut now, for the first time he has been spotted playing a real life MI6 spy in a new series about the life of Kim Philby during the height of the Cold War. His story, like the million other British horses who served, should never be forgotten.Ĭhannel 4 Specialist Factual Commissioning Editor Julia Harrington says: "I love a reactive piece - and this story has just such great social history behind it.
But the most famous war horse of all to return in glory was Warrior. Six black horses that survived the war together would pull the body of the Unknown Warrior to its last resting place in Westminster Abbey. Half a million horses were sold to French farmers to help rebuild the countryside. 85,000 of the oldest were sold for horse meat to feed POWs and the local population who were half starving. But there was further heartache for the horses when the war came to an end. The finest hour of the cavalry came in spring 1918 when - led by the warhorse Warrior - they checked the German advance before going on to help win the war. Behind the lines an army of vets worked miracles to treat injured horses and keep them going. But the deep bond that developed between man and horse helped both survive the hell of the Somme and Passchendaele. Tragically a quarter of a million of these horses died from shrapnel wounds and disease. Instead, in a new era of mechanised trench warfare, it was the heavy horses transporting guns, ammunition and food to the front line troops who were most important. The British Army hoped its illustrious cavalry regiments would win a swift victory, but it would be years before they enjoyed their moment of glory. Brough Scott (racing commentator) tells the tale of his aristocratic grandfather General Jack Seely and his beloved horse Warrior, who would become the most famous horse of the war, renowned for his amazing courage and a mascot to the troops. The story begins with the mass call up of horses from every farm and country estate in the land.
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It is told using rarely seen archive and rare archive testimony from WWI veterans who worked with horses, and sequences with experts such as former RSPCA Chief Vet Mark Evans, historian Richard van Emden and British Army expert Dr David Kenyon, combined with the latest historical research. The true story is even more epic than the new Spielberg feature film. War Horse: The True Story (W/T) is the extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses who served in WWI.
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