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True Spies Classic: Operation Ajax | CIA & MI6

In the early 1950s, Iran elected a forward-thinking new leader. But where previous regimes had played ball with British and American oil companies in the country, Mohammed Mossadegh refused. In response, Western intelligence services mounted a deadly coup. In this classic episode ... Show More

51m 56s

Apr 21

True Spies Debrief - Aaron Tracy on the Secret World of Roald Dahl

Writer Aaron Tracy joins Morgan Childs to discuss the complexities and controversies around Roald Dahl - a man whose reputation as a children's author leads many to overlook his previous life as a wartime spy for the British Security Coordination in America, and much more besides ... Show More

41m 2s

Apr 14

Writer and Traitor | MI6

Content Warning: This episode contains sex references. Author Robert Verkaik unpicks the complex and fascinating relationship between two giants of the 20th Century - author and screenwriter Graham Greene, and Soviet super-spy, Kim Philby. When World War Two threw the two men tog ... Show More

54m 7s

Dec 2021

The Purple Bathrobe

Hayley Atwell tells the story of the capture of the Mexican druglord El Chapo, with former FBI undercover agent Michael McGowan. To trap this murderous gangster, Michael had to convince him that he was in the same business. What would YOU do? From SPYSCAPE, the headquarters of al ... Show More

51m 6s

Dec 2021

Gray Suit And The Ghost

Hayley Atwell describes the hunt for the infamous FBI mole Robert Hanssen, with Eric O’Neill, the agent tasked with catching him. Eric needs to get Hanssen into a hire car so his own car can be searched for evidence of his betrayal... but the hire car isn’t there. What would YOU ... Show More

50m 27s

Oct 2021

The Billion Dollar Spy

`Hayley Atwell tells the story of Adolph Tolkachev, one of the CIA's most prolific Russian assets, with his handler David Rolph. David's task was to keep this priceless information flowing, but first he had to make sure the KGB weren't onto him. What would YOU do? From SPYSCAPE, ... Show More

49m 1s

Oct 2021

The Art Of Disguise

Hayley Atwell explains how an effective disguise can save your life, with former CIA Head Of Disguise Jonna Mendez. On a mission to bring in a notorious terrorist on foreign soil, Jonna found herself face to face with him, and he seemed to be onto her. What would YOU do? From SPY ... Show More

50m 42s

May 2023

The Spy Who Fooled the FBI

May 10, 2002. Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life in prison without parole. His crime? Selling scads of top-secret information to the Soviets – and later, the Russians – over 22 years. How did Hanssen get away with his deception for so long, which led to the deat ... Show More

33m 52s

Sep 2023

Introducing - Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen

Robert Hanssen was a conundrum - an FBI agent and self-proclaimed patriot who became the most damaging spy in the bureau's history. Amid the nuclear threat of the Cold War, America's prized secrets were falling into the hands of its sworn enemy—the Kremlin. The FBI's hunt for the ... Show More

2m 42s

Mar 2024

313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder

<p>Retired agent Jerome Lorrain reviews the investigation of the murder of Sarah Willard, a 29-year-old escort/sex worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sarah disappeared in November 2019 and the Pascagoula, Mississippi Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) worked with Detective Lieutena ... Show More

58m 27s

Dec 2021

Catching Killers

“Catching Killers” retells the stories of some of America’s most notorious serial killers from the point-of-view of the people who caught them. Each film in this series recounts the investigation into one notorious killer. One of the more terrifying cases is covered in the two-ep ... Show More

33m 31s

The Spycatcher | FBI