Writer and Traitor MI6

Content Warning: This episode contains sex references. Author Robert Verkaik unpicks the complex and fascinating relationship between two giants of the 20th Century - author and screenwriter Graham Greene, and Soviet super-spy, Kim Philby. When World War Two threw the two men together as MI6 spies, a strange yet enduring friendship blossomed. But how far did their loyalty to each-other go? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Robert Verkaik is the author of The Writer and the Traitor: Graham Greene, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Writer and Traitor MI6 is an episode from True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics by SPYSCAPE.

This episode is 54:07 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2026.

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