Spymasters: The Great Spy Writers - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Kipling to Graham Greene
The lives and secrets of spy authors in literature and film, featuring the work of Rudyard Kipling, John Buchan and Graham Greene, as well as clips from Michael Caine movie The Ipcress File - based on a book by Len Deighton.
Alistair MacLean to John le Carré
A look at how Cold War storytelling came alive in books by Fredrick Forsyth, Alistair MacLean and John le Carré, with scenes from films including The Third Man.
Ian Fleming to James Bond
Ian Fleming's remarkable life, James Bond's effect on literature and film and Bond's influence on actual intelligence. Film extracts include No Time to Die.
Len Deighton to Mick Herron
This episode looks at recent intelligence history, from the defection of Oleg Gordievsky to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Film extracts include Bridge of Spies and Zero Dark 30.
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