NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Anna Maxwell Martin has revealed that Ant and Dec were the unlikely inspiration behind her character in a new spy drama starring Damian Lewis.
A Spy Among Friends, which starts on new streaming service ITVX on December 8, stars Maxwell-Martin alongside Lewis, as well as Guy Pearce and Adrian Edmondson.
The six-part thriller series is based on the novel of the same name by author Ben Macintyre, and tells the true story of two spies, Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott.
Elliott is working as an agent for MI6 when he discovers that close friend Philby has secretly defected to the Soviet Union, working as a double-agent for the KGB.