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The Spy Who Started the Cold War | Lost Control
Season 7 Episode 4
MI5 is closing in on Klaus Fuchs. But they can't seem to catch him in the act of spying. There’s only one option. They need a confession.
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1 year, 7 months ago
The Spy Who Started the Cold War | Fallout
Season 7 Episode 3
Klaus Fuchs is sure his espionage has gone undetected. So when authorities unearth a similar spy ring in Canada’s nuclear project, Fuchs doesn’t cons…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Spy Who Started the Cold War | Los Alamos
Season 7 Episode 2
Fuchs’ plan to feed secrets to the Soviets is in jeopardy. The atomic bomb project is closely guarded. That means little contact with the outside wor…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Spy Who Started the Cold War | Enemy Alien
Season 7 Episode 1
It’s the 1940s. Robert Oppenheimer is creating plans for the first atomic bomb. And his colleague is stealing them. Klaus Fuchs is a traitor in Oppen…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Thatcher's favourite
Season 6 Episode 5
Why was Carlin considered Thatcher's favourite spy? What difference did he really make? And how did he cope when he became an exile?
To find out more …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Threats From All Sides
Season 6 Episode 4
With IRA hardliners losing ground and Sinn Féin on the up, Willie Carlin’s feeling confident about his spying. But loose talk is about to put him on …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Fly Fishing
Season 6 Episode 3
When Willie Carlin makes an alarming discovery in an IRA safe house, he must choose between preserving his cover or conscience.
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1 year, 8 months ago
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Ballots Not Bullets
Season 6 Episode 2
Stuck with a wayward handler, MI5 agent Willie Carlin hunts for a way out, only to get sucked deeper into the Irish republican movement.
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1 year, 8 months ago
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | A Divided Land
Season 6 Episode 1
When Willie Carlin quits the British Army to return to Northern Ireland during The Troubles, he gets an unusual job offer: to spy on his own catholic…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Unpacking the mind of a spy legend
Season 5 Episode 5
Few spies have motives as hard to decipher as those of Oleg Penkovsky. Was he a hero, an egotist or a madman? The Spy Who's Tristan Donovan sits down…
1 year, 9 months ago