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Season 1 Episode 8
The daring, gadget-loving, mischievous founder of MI6. Mansfield Cumming, the first C, was a former navy man brought out of retirement to keep tabs o…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Real Godfather: The Assassination that Shook Syria (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 7
Did the assassination of Rafic Hariri lay the foundations for the ultimate downfall of the Assad regime? And was the Syrian dictator always destined …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Real Godfather: Assad’s Syrian Mafia (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 6
How did Bashar al-Assad become one of the Middle East’s most feared dictators? What role did Hezbollah play in the assassination of the Lebanese Prim…
1 year, 8 months ago
CIA vs the Taliban: Bin Laden's Trojan Horse (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 5
Mazar i-Sharif has fallen without much of a fight. The Taliban's grip on Afghanistan is looking all the more shaky. It seems as if the American polic…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Rise and Fall of Assad's Spy State
Season 1 Episode 4
What will western and Syrian spy services be focusing on following the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Is Russia and Iran’s withdrawal from Syria similar to…
1 year, 8 months ago
CIA vs the Taliban: Behind Enemy Lines (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 3
America knew Al-Qaeda were behind the 9/11 attacks before the day was out. They knew they were being sheltered by the Taliban in Afghanistan and so t…
1 year, 8 months ago
The First CIA Coup: Turmoil in Tehran (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 2
The first coup attempt has failed. The Shah has fled to Baghdad. The CIA have told Kermit he can leave if he's in a jam, but he chooses not to. He wa…
1 year, 8 months ago
The First CIA Coup: Oil, Iran, and MI6 (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 1
Welcome... to the first episode of The Rest Is Classified!
It's Iran 1951. Mohammad Mossadegh, fuelled by an ever-growing nationalism, has just been e…
1 year, 9 months ago