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Jun 2023
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Episode 157 - DAVID BICKFORD - FROM LIFE...

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Sonal talks to the former legal director of intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6, who is now turning his experience to write thrilling spy novels. This fascinating conversation covers his journey into the world of intelligence, some of his most memorable moments with the agencies, and the question we all want to ask: how close to the real world of sleuthing does Hollywood get it. 

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