The espionage thriller tells a true story about two British spies in the 1960s
, made its debut on Sunday night and while many viewers enjoyed the opening episode, others took to Twitter to complain.and Guy Pearce as British spies and close friends Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby. The drama tells a tale of friendship and betrayal set at the height of the Cold War.Taking to Twitter, some viewers complained about the lighting and said that a few scenes were too dark to see anything. One person wrote: "So far it's very slow and confusing. No idea what's going on.
The drama is set in 1963 and follows British spy Nicholas Elliott as he learns that his close friend and colleague Kim Philby has been working as a double agent for the KGB since 1932.The synopsis teases: "Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet double agent in history. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery.
The first episode opens in the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, with his friend and fellow spy Nicholas Elliott under investigation by MI5."Did he facilitate Philby's escape because he's also a traitor working for the Russians, or is it just that his judgement was clouded at a critical moment by their twenty-three-year friendship?" the episode one synopsis continues.
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