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Secrets are divulged and stories of espionage, conspiracy, murder, sabotage and greed are uncovered.
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Espionage1998
8.62946557h 37m
Unearth the amazing true stories of cunning deception and sabotage that pulsed through the most significant moments of the 20th Century! From double agents to secret weapons, spy planes, and guerrilla campaigns this season reveals a wealth of undercover tactics used by history’s most influential leaders.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | German Intelligence in WWII | 8.5 | 15 | 52 min |
| ▶ | 2 | The Ultra Enigma | 8.8 | 17 | 52 min |
| ▶ | 3 | Women Spies in World War II | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 4 | Weapons of the Shadow War | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 5 | Nazi Gold | 8.2 | 20 | 60 min |
| ▶ | 6 | The Battle of the Atlantic | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 7 | Sitzkrieg: The Phony War | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 8 | The Battle of Britain | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 9 | Tools of Deception | — | — | 46 min |
| ▶ | 10 | Rommel's Enigma | 8.7 | 17 | 52 min |
| ▶ | 11 | Secret Weapons of the Third Reich | 8.8 | 17 | 46 min |
| ▶ | 12 | D-Day Deceptions | — | — | 46 min |
| ▶ | 13 | The French Resistance | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 14 | The Invasion of Panama | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 15 | The Gulf War: Steel Rain | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 16 | The Gulf War: Secrets in the Sand | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 17 | Spies in the Sky | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 18 | Korea: Behind the Bamboo Curtain | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 19 | Cold War: The Strangelove Factor | 9.0 | 14 | 52 min |
| ▶ | 20 | Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 21 | Vietnam: Alpha Strike | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 22 | Vietnam: Hidden in Plain Sight | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 23 | WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 24 | Super Guns | — | — | 52 min |
| ▶ | 25 | Vietnam: Special Operations | — | — | 57 min |
| ▶ | 26 | Shadows of the Six Day War | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 27 | Stalin's Spies | 8.8 | 19 | 60 min |
| ▶ | 28 | The O.S.S. | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 29 | Breaking the Japanese Code | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 30 | Bio-Chemical Weapons | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 31 | The Holocaust Secret | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 32 | Hitler's Secrets | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 33 | The Hunt for Atomic Secrets | 8.3 | 18 | 51 min |
| ▶ | 34 | Roosevelt's Spymasters | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 35 | Japan: The Invasion That Never Was | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 36 | Israeli Intelligence | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 37 | Cold War: Inside the CIA | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 38 | Cold War: Inside the K.G.B. | 8.5 | 23 | 60 min |
| ▶ | 39 | British Secret Intelligence in WWII | 8.6 | 12 | 60 min |
| ▶ | 40 | The Wizard War | 8.4 | 14 | 60 min |
| ▶ | 41 | Battlefield Deceptions | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 42 | Spy Planes | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 43 | Mao's Secrets | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 44 | Churchill's Gambles | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 45 | Nazi Propaganda | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 46 | The Balkans Tinderbox | — | — | 60 min |
| ▶ | 47 | Prisoners of War, Part One - The Barbed Wire Front | 8.0 | 14 | 52 min |
| ▶ | 48 | Prisoners of War, Part Two - Battle for the Mind | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 49 | Prisoners of War, Part Three - Code of Conduct | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 50 | The Cambridge Five | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 51 | Psychological Warfare | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 52 | Secret Submarines in WWII | — | — | 51 min |
| ▶ | 53 | Hirohito's War | — | — | 50 min |
| ▶ | 54 | Vietnam: Johnson's Battleground | — | — | 46 min |
| ▶ | 55 | Hitler's Last Days | — | — | 45 min |
| ▶ | 56 | Cold War: Eisenhower's Operatives | — | — | 49 min |
| ▶ | 57 | Cold War: The Kennedy Years | 8.4 | 17 | 45 min |
| ▶ | 58 | Cold War: Nixon's Secrets | — | — | 45 min |
| ▶ | 59 | Cold War: Khrushchev's Regime | 8.8 | 15 | 49 min |
| ▶ | 60 | The Gulf War: Architects of Desert Storm | 8.9 | 19 | 104 min |
| ▶ | 61 | Cold War: Cuba's Communist Revolution | — | — | 45 min |
| ▶ | 62 | Mussolini's Henchmen | — | — | 45 min |
| ▶ | 63 | Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's Revolution | 8.5 | 20 | 49 min |
| ▶ | 64 | Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin | 8.3 | 23 | 49 min |
| ▶ | 65 | Gulf War: Iraq's Secrets | — | — | 46 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator
Thomas B. Allen Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book', Self - Co-Author, 'Spy Book', Self - Co-Author 'Code Name: Downfall'
Norman Polmar Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book', Self - Co-Author, 'Spy Book', Co-Author 'Spy Book'
Mark Seaman Self - Author 'Bravest of the Brave', Self - Author 'The Bravest of the Brave', Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum
Paul Beaver Historian, Self - Defence Analyst, Self - Military Analyst
Christopher Andrew Self - Professor of History, Cambridge University, Self - Co-Author 'The Sword and the Shield', Self - Author 'For the President's Eyes Only'
H. Keith Melton Self - Author 'The Ultimate Spy Book', Self - Author, 'The Ultimate Spy Book', Self - Espionage Historian
Anthony Cave Brown Self - Author 'Bodyguard of Lies', Self - Author, 'Bodyguard of Lies'
Harry Hinsley Self - Signals Analyst, Bletchley Park, Self - Distinguished Professor Mathematics, S.U.N.Y., Self - Signal Analyst, Bletchly Park
Rupert Allason Self - Author 'MI6', Self - Author 'Thread of Deceit', Historian 'MI6'
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