You should never talk about politics, religion, or sex in polite company, advised Emily Post in “Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home.” Released in 1922, the guide by the American author and socialite sought to give readers the tools to navigate any social situation. The upper echelon of British society has its own rules and customs, and MGM+’s new six-part espionage limited series “A Spy Among Friends” is as much about what happens when someone steps outside of class hierarchy as it is about Cold War subterfuge.

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Being a spy requires a lot of discretion. You have to not only keep most of what you do at work a secret, but you sometimes even have to lie to those closest to you to protect that work. But what happens when your best friend is also a spy? And not only that, what if that best friend who is a spy might also be a double agent, working for the enemy? That drama is what propels the plot of the new limited series, “A Spy Among Friends.”

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Based on a true story, “A Spy Among Friends” follows two men, both spies, Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby.

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