decades after his flight to moscow in 1951, we are still dealing with what roland philipps describess the enigma of donald maclean, in his revelatory new biography, a spy named orphan. the enigma. we are so familiar with this man, and there cambridge spies. we have read the story so often. what is it that you discovered is still uncertain on a still unknown, still uncertain on a still unknown, still waiting to be put in front of us? —— still on sad and still unknown. the enigma of donald maclean to me was that a man who was an intense patriot, and a fabulous civil servant, who went to the top of the foreign office, could at the same time be the single most productive spy of the 1930s and 19405 for productive spy of the 19305 and 19405 for moscow. and productive spy of the 1930s and 19405 for moscow. and how he unable, how he was able to hold those two things in check for most of his life, is, to me, the fascination at the centre of it. let'sjust three cup for the centre of it. let'sjust three cupfor our the centre of it. let'sjust three cup for our younger viewers. he famously fled i

decades after his flight to moscow in 1951, we are still dealing with what roland philipps describesgma" of donald maclean, in his revelatory new biography, a spy named orphan. the enigma. we are so familiar with this man, and the cambridge spies. we have read the story so often. what is it that you discovered is still uncertain, still unsaid, still unknown, still waiting to be put in front of us? the enigma of donald maclean to me was that a man who was an intense patriot and a fabulous civil servant, who went to the top of the foreign office, could at the same time be the single most productive spy of the 1930s and 19405 for moscow. and how he was able to hold those two things in check for most of his life is, to me, the fascination at the centre of it. let's just recap for oui’ younger viewers. he famously fled in 1951 with guy burgess. off they went to moscow. a huge scandal. it was the beginning of the unravelling of the story that ensnared kim philby, in the end. he fled to moscow in the 19605. but in the period between the 1930s and the early 19505, donald maclean had been ste