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The Double Life Of Sir Anthony Blunt, Queen Elizabeth II's Art Surveyor, Exposed As A Soviet Spy And Infamous "Fourth Man" Of Great Britain's "Cambridge Five" Spy Ring, Which Passed Secret Information From British Intelligence To The Soviet Union, In A Unique TV Film Docudrama Portrayal Starring James Fox As Anthony Blunt, Prunella Scales As Queen Elizabeth II Amd David Calder As The MI-5 Official Tasked With Extracting From Him Information On His Spying Activities - In Particular The Identity Of "The Fifth Man" Of The Spy Ring, PLUS A Short Documentary Interview On His Betrayal With Insights By Writer Alan Bennett And Actor James Fox, With Alistair Cooke As Host Along With This Own Insights Into The Matter -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, First Aired October 4, 1992, 1 Hour 27 Minutes)
Anthony Blunt, styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, a leading British art historian who confessed in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, to having been a spy for the Soviet Union (September 26, 1907 - March 26, 1983) was born Anthony Frederick Blunt in Bournemouth, Hampshire, South East England. Blunt was considered to be the "fourth man" of the Cambride Five, also know as The Cambridge Spy Ring, a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s, which included Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and, possibly, John Cairncross. The term "Cambridge" refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence. Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until after they had graduated. None of the known members was ever prosecuted for spying. Anthony Blunt was the fourth discovered, with John Cairncross yet to be revealed. The height of his espionage activity was during World War II, when he passed intelligence on Wehrmacht plans that the British government had decided to withhold from its ally. His confession, a closely guarded secret for years, was revealed publicly by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1979. He was stripped of his knighthood immediately thereafter. Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. His 1967 monograph on the French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin is still widely regarded as a watershed book in art history. His teaching text and reference work Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700, first published in 1953, reached its fifth edition in a slightly revised version by Richard Beresford in 1999, when it was still considered the best account of the subject. Anthony Blunt died of a heart attack at his London home, 9 The Grove, Highgate, aged 75. He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery And Crematorium, London, England.
The Cambridge Five (The Cambridge Spy Ring) was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying. The number and membership of the ring emerged slowly, from the 1950s onwards. The general public first became aware of the conspiracy after the sudden flight of Donald Maclean (cryptonym: Homer) and Guy Burgess (cryptonym: Hicks) to the Soviet Union in 1951. Suspicion immediately fell on Harold "Kim" Philby (cryptonyms: Sonny, Stanley), who eventually fled the country in 1963. Following Philby's flight, British intelligence obtained confessions from Anthony Blunt (cryptonyms: Tony, Johnson) and then John Cairncross (cryptonym: Liszt), who have come to be seen as the last two of a group of five. Their involvement was kept secret for many years: until 1979 for Blunt, and 1990 for Cairncross. The moniker Cambridge Four evolved to become the Cambridge Five after Cairncross was added. The term "Cambridge" refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence. Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until after they had graduated. A Fellow of Trinity College, Blunt was several years older than Burgess, Maclean, and Philby; he acted as a talent-spotter and recruiter. All of the five were convinced that the Marxism-Leninism of Soviet Communism was the best available political system, and especially the best defence against the rise of fascism. All pursued successful careers in branches of the British government. They passed large amounts of intelligence to the Soviet Union, so much so that the KGB became suspicious that at least some of it was false. Perhaps as important as the intelligence they passed was the demoralizing effect to the British Establishment of their slow unmasking, and the mistrust in British security this caused in the United States. Many others have also been accused of membership in the Cambridge ring. Blunt and Burgess were both members of the Cambridge Apostles, an exclusive secret society at Cambridge University. Other Apostles accused of having spied for the Soviets include Michael Straight and Guy Liddell.
The Double Life Of Sir Anthony Blunt, Queen Elizabeth II's Art Surveyor, Exposed As A Soviet Spy And Infamous "Fourth Man" Of Great Britain's "Cambridge Five" Spy Ring, Which Passed Secret Information From British Intelligence To The Soviet Union, In A Unique TV Film Docudrama Portrayal Starring James Fox As Anthony Blunt, Prunella Scales As Queen Elizabeth II Amd David Calder As The MI-5 Official Tasked With Extracting From Him Information On His Spying Activities - In Particular The Identity Of "The Fifth Man" Of The Spy Ring, PLUS A Short Documentary Interview On His Betrayal With Insights By Writer Alan Bennett And Actor James Fox, With Alistair Cooke As Host Along With This Own Insights Into The Matter -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, First Aired October 4, 1992, 1 Hour 27 Minutes)
Anthony Blunt, styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, a leading British art historian who confessed in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, to having been a spy for the Soviet Union (September 26, 1907 - March 26, 1983) was born Anthony Frederick Blunt in Bournemouth, Hampshire, South East England. Blunt was considered to be the "fourth man" of the Cambride Five, also know as The Cambridge Spy Ring, a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s, which included Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and, possibly, John Cairncross. The term "Cambridge" refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence. Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until after they had graduated. None of the known members was ever prosecuted for spying. Anthony Blunt was the fourth discovered, with John Cairncross yet to be revealed. The height of his espionage activity was during World War II, when he passed intelligence on Wehrmacht plans that the British government had decided to withhold from its ally. His confession, a closely guarded secret for years, was revealed publicly by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1979. He was stripped of his knighthood immediately thereafter. Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. His 1967 monograph on the French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin is still widely regarded as a watershed book in art history. His teaching text and reference work Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700, first published in 1953, reached its fifth edition in a slightly revised version by Richard Beresford in 1999, when it was still considered the best account of the subject. Anthony Blunt died of a heart attack at his London home, 9 The Grove, Highgate, aged 75. He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery And Crematorium, London, England.
The Cambridge Five (The Cambridge Spy Ring) was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying. The number and membership of the ring emerged slowly, from the 1950s onwards. The general public first became aware of the conspiracy after the sudden flight of Donald Maclean (cryptonym: Homer) and Guy Burgess (cryptonym: Hicks) to the Soviet Union in 1951. Suspicion immediately fell on Harold "Kim" Philby (cryptonyms: Sonny, Stanley), who eventually fled the country in 1963. Following Philby's flight, British intelligence obtained confessions from Anthony Blunt (cryptonyms: Tony, Johnson) and then John Cairncross (cryptonym: Liszt), who have come to be seen as the last two of a group of five. Their involvement was kept secret for many years: until 1979 for Blunt, and 1990 for Cairncross. The moniker Cambridge Four evolved to become the Cambridge Five after Cairncross was added. The term "Cambridge" refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence. Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until after they had graduated. A Fellow of Trinity College, Blunt was several years older than Burgess, Maclean, and Philby; he acted as a talent-spotter and recruiter. All of the five were convinced that the Marxism-Leninism of Soviet Communism was the best available political system, and especially the best defence against the rise of fascism. All pursued successful careers in branches of the British government. They passed large amounts of intelligence to the Soviet Union, so much so that the KGB became suspicious that at least some of it was false. Perhaps as important as the intelligence they passed was the demoralizing effect to the British Establishment of their slow unmasking, and the mistrust in British security this caused in the United States. Many others have also been accused of membership in the Cambridge ring. Blunt and Burgess were both members of the Cambridge Apostles, an exclusive secret society at Cambridge University. Other Apostles accused of having spied for the Soviets include Michael Straight and Guy Liddell.