Major Hollywood storytellers and top international spies join host Rory Bremner to break down what we see on screen, to separate the fact from the fiction and shine a light on extraordinary characters and skills.
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Introducing: A History of the World in Spy Objects
The Enigma Machine. The B2 stealth bomber. The poisoned-tipped umbrella. Napoleon’s Briefcase of Secrets. As long as there has been conflict, there have been spies, and as long as…
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1 min
Introducing: Daisy Ridley And Edward Norton in True Spies: The Oswald Project
A new season of True Spies kicks off with Daisy Ridley as the Narrator and Edward Norton as Lee Harvey Oswald. The Oswald Project tells the shocking story of Oswald – the alleged a…
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1 min
True Spies: A New Era
Prepare for a new era of True Spies stories, as told by Sophia Di Martino.
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1 h 03
The Real Americans
Joe Weisberg, the Emmy Award-winning creator of The Americans and a former CIA operative, meets Jack Barsky, who was a genuine Soviet "Illegal" operating undercover inside the Unit…
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42 sec
Ep 9 Trailer: Trump "The Americans First"
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56 min
Hiding In Plain Sight
Philippe Sands, leading international law and human rights barrister, Professor of Law at UCL and presenter of The Ratline, is joined by Dave Butler BEM, a former British spy activ…
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44 sec
Ep 8 Trailer: Smiley's Overcoat
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57 min
The Enemy Within
The American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, hailed by none other than President Obama, talks to former Jihad supporter turned undercover Canadian counter terrorism operative Mubin Sh…
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41 sec
Ep 7 Trailer: Obama's Reading List
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55 sec
Ep 6 Trailer #2: "Mother of God, it's Ted Hastings!"
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60 min
Bodyguard: How To Protect The Lives That Matter
Former Presidential close protection officer and medal of valor recipient Evy Poumpouras is joined by Jed Mercurio the man behind Line of Duty, Bodyguard, Trigger Point and Bloodla…
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45 sec
Ep 6 Trailer #1: Line Of Duty
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54 min
Double Agents in The Middle East
Nadav Schirman, the multi-award-winning filmmaker behind The Green Prince, The Champagne Spy and April 7, 1980 is joined by the former Mossad agent, Gad Shimron who was part of the…
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56 sec
Ep 5 Trailer: Attenborough Spies An Endangered Creature
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45 min
Sex and Special Agents
Former clandestine CIA operative Amaryllis Fox and screenwriter, producer and director Simon Kinberg, the man behind The 355, Mr and Mrs Smith, Sherlock and the X-Men franchise, ge…
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48 sec
Ep 4 Trailer: Shaken Not Stirred
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1 h 03
From Russia with… Love?
The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Sonya, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends author Ben Macintyre meets former Russian FSB officer turned whistle-blower Janosh Neumann, to unc…
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48 sec
Ep 3 Trailer: Did Donald Trump Really Say This?
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1 h 01
Hooray for Hollywood
How closely do the silver screen and the spying game overlap? Deep State, Star Wars Rogue One, The Mark of Cain and The Night Manager star, Alistair Petrie, meets former field agen…
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39 sec
Ep 2 Trailer: Chief of Disguise
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