It was a scandal that shook the British establishment to its roots. In June 1951, the government was forced to admit that two Foreign Office diplomats had disappeared. One of them, Donald Maclean, had slipped through their fingers three days before he was due to be questioned for passing secrets to the Russians. The other, Guy Burgess, was a total surprise. He was a charming, clever Etonian, with powerful friends everywhere. And lovers too - at a time when homosexuality was illegal, Burgess made no secret of his sexual tastes. He turned out to be the most flamboyant of a ring of privileged Cambridge students who had secretly joined the Communists in the 1930s, disgusted by their own government's policy of appeasing Hitler. With the help of newly declassified documents, George Carey's film shows how the most celebrated spy ring of the 20th century grew out of the class system, sexual hypocrisy and the sheer incompetence of some people who then ran Britain.
| Title | Storyville - Season 21 Episode 25 : Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess |
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| First Air Date | 1997-11-15 |
| Last Air Date | 2025-03-11 |
| Number of Episodes | 678 |
| Number of Seasons | 29 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Networks | BBC Four, BBC Two, |
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Episodes List
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 1 Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage Zero Days: Nuclear Cyber Sabotage
2017-01-16Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 2 The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story The Great Literary Scandal: The JT Leroy Story
2017-02-01Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 3 Notes On Blindness Notes On Blindness
2017-02-16Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 4 Life, Animated Life, Animated
2017-02-20Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 5 Killing For Love Killing For Love
2017-03-07Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 6 Murder in Italy Murder in Italy
2017-03-13Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 7 North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot North Korean Kidnap: The Lovers and the Despot
2017-03-20Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 8 Last Days of Solitary Last Days of Solitary
2017-03-27Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 9 OJ: Made in America - Part 1 OJ: Made in America - Part 1
2017-05-14Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 10 OJ: Made in America - Part 2 OJ: Made in America - Part 2
2017-05-14Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 11 OJ: Made in America - Part 3 OJ: Made in America - Part 3
2017-05-16Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 12 OJ: Made in America - Part 4 OJ: Made in America - Part 4
2017-05-17Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 13 OJ: Made in America - Part 5 OJ: Made in America - Part 5
2017-05-18Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 14 Tokyo Girls Tokyo Girls
2017-06-27Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 15 Oink: Man Loves Pig Oink: Man Loves Pig
2017-07-02Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 16 This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews This Was My Dad: The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews
2017-07-10Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 17 The Great European Cigarette Mystery The Great European Cigarette Mystery
2017-07-17Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 18 Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government
2017-07-24Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 19 Queerama Queerama
2017-07-31Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 20 Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland
2017-08-14Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 21 Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
2017-08-21Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 22 The Boy Who Changed America The Boy Who Changed America
2017-09-06Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 23 The Work: Four Days to Redemption The Work: Four Days to Redemption
2017-10-26Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 24 Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States Coming Home: Bowe Bergdahl vs the United States
2017-10-30Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 25 Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess Toffs, Queers and Traitors: The Extraordinary Life of Guy Burgess
2017-11-13Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 26 My Mother's Lost Children My Mother's Lost Children
2017-11-20Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 27 Last Men in Aleppo Last Men in Aleppo
2017-11-27Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 28 The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey
2017-11-30Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
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Storyville Season 21 :Episode 29 When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day When Rock Arrived in North Korea: Liberation Day
2017-12-07Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....
