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The Man Who Saved The World: Abandoning Communism (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 81
How did Oleg Gordievsky get recruited to work for MI6? What effect did living in Copenhagen have on his political views? And how did Britain nearly blow the recruitment of one of the most consequenti…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Man Who Saved The World: Making of a Traitor (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 80
What makes a spy betray the very system that raised him? How does a loyal KGB officer, born into the service, become Britain’s most valuable Cold War agent? And how did one man’s intelligence reports…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: Killing the Cocaine King (Ep 6)
Season 1 Episode 79
In the final months of 1993, the hunt for Pablo Escobar reached a fever pitch. On the run and isolated, Escobar is under immense pressure from both the Colombian search bloc and the shadowy death squ…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: Death Squads & Delta Force (Ep 5)
Season 1 Episode 78
After walking out of his luxurious prison, Pablo Escobar is back on the run. With the Colombian government humiliated, they turn to the United States for a new kind of help: a specialized, elite forc…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: The Medellin Cartel vs Colombia (Ep 4)
Season 1 Episode 77
By the autumn of 1989, the hunt for Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cartel was intensifying. With the US military and intelligence agencies now directly involved, a new, more aggressive phase of the W…
Published on 4 months ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: From Narco to Global Terrorist (Ep 3)
Season 1 Episode 76
By the late 1980s, Pablo Escobar’s grip on the cocaine trade was unmatched. But a new threat loomed: extradition to the United States. To Escobar, it was a fate worse than death. His answer was bruta…
Published on 4 months ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: The War on Drugs (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 75
In the early 1980s, Pablo Escobar reinvented himself. He was no longer just the man who could smuggle tonnes of cocaine into Miami - he was the successful businessman, the philanthropist, the proud f…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
The Hunt for Pablo Escobar: Rise of a Drug Lord (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 74
Colombia in the mid-20th century was a place of beauty and bloodshed - where jungle mountains sheltered rebels, the cities were ruled by oligarchs, and outlaw legends became folk heroes. Into this wo…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Destroying the Nazi Nuclear Program: Saving the World From War (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 73
Who was the Nazi General who called the Allied Gunnerside mission “the most splendid coup I have seen?” How did the Norwegians stop the Nazis' nuclear program for good? And how did one commando use a…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Destroying the Nazi Nuclear Program: Bombing Norway (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 72
What was the most dangerous mission of World War II? How did a small team of Norwegian skiers stop the Nazis from building a nuclear bomb? And, what exactly is heavy water, and why was it so importan…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago