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These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma, Raza Jaffrey and Emilia Fox, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.
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The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Quicksand | 3
Mata Hari finds herself caught in a web of lies and double-crosses. Now she has to fight to free herself from the trap that is closing in around her but the odds are stacked against her. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C
Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder. Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But her law career in New
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Femme Fatale | 2
French and British intelligence services are convinced Mata Hari is a German spy but catching her is proving difficult. Then she agrees to spy for them. Can she be trusted or is she a skilled double agent? See Privacy Policy at https://art1
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The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Creation of the Myth | 1
When tragedy and violence leave Margaretha Zelle destitute, she reinvents herself as the exotic dancer Mata Hari and becomes a superstar across Europe. But when the First World War breaks out, she reinvents herself again – as a spy whose na
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | David Tyson on Being the CIA's Unlikely Fighter | 4
Mere weeks after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, CIA linguist David Tyson found himself on the ground in Afghanistan. He and his colleague Mike Spann were part of Team Alpha, a CIA team sent in to help overthrow the Taliban and gather intell
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | The First Casualty | 3
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi is underway. David Tyson is trapped with no way out and al-Qaeda moving in. And if help doesn’t arrive soon, America’s first victory in Afghanistan will also become its first defeat. See Privacy Policy at https://
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Afghan Math | 2
CIA Team Alpha and the forces of Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum are closing in on the crucial city of Mazar-i-Sharif. But what will it take to convince the Taliban and its allies in al-Qaeda to surrender? See Privacy Policy at https://a
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Graveyard of Empires | 1
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. is preparing to invade Afghanistan. It wants to overthrow the Taliban so it can locate Osama bin Laden and eliminate al-Qaeda. But to succeed, it needs the country’s anti-Taliban warl
The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | A US Military Interrogator on Getting Terrorists to Talk | 4
Tony Camerino is Ali Soufan's former colleague at the Soufan Group. A combat veteran and Special Agent, Tony conducted and supervised over 1300 interrogations during the Iraq War for a Special Operations Task Force. In this eye-opening conv
The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | Enhanced Interrogation | 3
At a CIA black site, FBI agent Ali Soufan is questioning the first high-value terrorist captured by the US since 9/11. But with the detainee’s wounds going septic and the CIA’s patience fading, the window for uncovering al-Qaeda’s next plot
The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | Death Is Not An Option | 2
In Yemen, FBI counter-terrorism agent Ali Soufan is trying to uncover who bombed the U.S. destroyer USS Cole. Now he’s got a suspect who could blow the case wide open: al-Qaeda operative Fahd al-Quso. But al-Quso’s also got intel about anot
The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | The Looming Enemy | 1
Ali Soufan is a rookie FBI agent convinced that an almost unknown terror group called al-Qaeda, and its leader Osama Bin Laden, are a threat to America. When the naval destroyer USS Cole is attacked by suicide bombers, he knows it’s al-Qaed
The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | My Life as a Mum and Spy | 4
As we say goodbye to our series on Ursula Kuczynski (‘Agent Sonya’), we also say goodbye to a singular and formidable agent, who navigated the high-wire act of balancing life as a spy for the Soviet Union...and motherhood. And so, who bette
The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | Eastbound From The Cotswolds | 3
With the Nazis in retreat, the U.S. hopes to get spies on the ground in Berlin before the Soviets take the city. But Ursula Kuczynski has different plans. She’s going to co-opt the American mission to give Stalin an edge in the coming Cold
The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | Traitor In The Home | 2
With her operation in Japanese-occupied Manchuria now over, Ursula Kuczynski is awaiting fresh orders from Moscow. But the Centre’s new instructions are about to break her heart. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi
The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | A Bomb In The Pram | 1
To her fellow Westerners in colonial Shanghai, Ursula Kuczynski is just another devoted housewife and mother. But beneath the bourgeois exterior, she’s a vital cog in the communist insurgency and about to become one of the greatest spies of
The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Mystery of Agent 355 | 5
Right on schedule for America's 250th birthday, we’ve wrapped our arc on Benedict Arnold - the American military officer who turned his back on his own country to spy for the British Army. Tucked away within this complex story, lives the un
The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Hangman’s Noose | 4
With his plot to hand West Point to the British unravelling fast, Benedict Arnold is running for his life. And if George Washington’s men can’t stop him in time, Benjamin Tallmadge’s New York spy ring will be in grave danger. See Privacy Po
The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Traitor and The Gentleman | 3
With the French now helping the U.S. in its fight for independence, the tide’s turned against Britain. But disillusioned American hero Benedict Arnold is about to help the British Empire strike back. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/
The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Road to Betrayal | 2
With the British advancing on Philadelphia, the American rebels face defeat. But new U.S. intelligence officer Benjamin Tallmadge is about to hit on a plan that’ll give the Continental Army the inside track on the King’s forces. See Privacy
The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | Liberty and the Pursuit of Intelligence | 1
It’s 1775 and after years of rising tensions, rebellion is about to break out in British North America. The 13 rebel colonies want to shake off rule from London and form a new nation: The United States of America. But with their Patriot arm
The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | What really goes on in the mind of a secret agent? | 4
What do you think of when someone mentions the word: spy? Thanks to James Bond, they're often thought of as sleek, sexy and thrill-seeking. But what really goes on in the mind of a secret agent like Václav Jelínek? Charlie Higson is joined
The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | Blue Eyes | 3
It’s the mid-1980s and the Czechoslovak spy living posing as Erwin van Haarlem has spent years convincing the mother of the real Erwin that he is her long-lost son. Now his deception faces a new threat: Britain’s Security Service MI5 are on
The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | The Prodigal Son | 2
After years of preparation, Czech deep-cover spy Václav Jelínek is in London and living as Erwin Van Haarlem. But now, the Dutch mother of the real child whose identity he’s using has found him. And her inquisitiveness could blow his whole
The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | The Kidnap | 1
When a teenager is made to give up her baby, Czechoslovak secret police service the StB spot a chance to create a rock-solid fake identity for one of its deep-cover 'illegal' spies. But its spy is about to end up on a collision course with
The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | How a CIA Spy Recruiter Helped Stop Dr Strangelove | 4
Not many people can say they helped dismantle the most dangerous nuclear weapons network in history. Then again, not everyone is former CIA operative, Jim Lawler. Jim speaks to Raza Jaffrey about his CIA career (that almost wasn’t), bringin
The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | Cargo of Doom | 3
With A.Q. Khan now fully rogue and his network working to fast-track Libya’s nuclear weapons program, the CIA and MI6 need to find a way to shut his network down permanently. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr
The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | Bombs for Sale | 2
Dr. A.Q. Khan is making millions selling nuclear secrets but when he decides to sell the nuclear bomb to Libya’s renegade ruler Colonel Gaddafi, the CIA and MI6 realise they need to act against Pakistan’s real-life Dr. Strangelove. See Priv
The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | The Seeds of Revenge | 1
At a secure lab in Amsterdam, scientists are working on tech that can enrich uranium for nuclear bombs. But when India tests a nuke, employee Dr. A.Q. Khan, turns spy to help Pakistan get the bomb too. And soon he’ll spread atomic weapons w
