Damian Lewis: Spy Wars
Damian Lewis: Spy Wars
TV ShowReturning Series

Damian Lewis: Spy Wars

8.0 / 10
2019
1 season
8 episodes
Documentary

Docudrama factual series that reveals the remarkable true stories behind some of the most gripping and important international spy operations of the last forty years.

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  • The Man Who Saved The World

    1.The Man Who Saved The World

    11-11-201945m

    This is the story of Oleg Gordievsky, one of the West’s most valuable Cold War agents who risked everything to avert a third World War. Appearing to be an ambitious diplomat statio...

  • Bombs In The Sky

    2.Bombs In The Sky

    28-10-201945m

    This is the story of the biggest surveillance operation in British history, and how British intelligence agencies and their allies thwarted the deadliest terror plot ever devised o...

  • Spies Next Door

    3.Spies Next Door

    07-10-201945m

    This is the story of the biggest spy swap between Russia and the United States since the Cold War involving Sergei Skripal, the victim of the infamous 2018 Salisbury Novichok attac...

  • A Perfect Traitor

    4.A Perfect Traitor

    14-10-201945m

    This is the story of Robert Hanssen - a former FBI agent who systematically dismantled the United States’ network of undercover Soviet agents, from the inside out. His espionage wa...

  • Escape from Tehran

    5.Escape from Tehran

    04-11-201945m

    This is the story of eight filmmakers sent to Tehran to scout locations for a big budget, Hollywood-produced sci-fi fantasy film as depicted in the award-winning film Argo. In Janu...

  • Trojan Horse

    6.Trojan Horse

    21-10-201945m

    This episode tells the amazing story of Vladimir Vetrov, a high-ranking KGB officer and secret operative for the French Intelligence Service, during the Cold War. In December 1980,...

  • Merchant of Death

    7.Merchant of Death

    18-11-201945m

    This is the story of Viktor Bout, and he would become one of the most famous - or infamous - Russian businessmen in history. A former spy, he became the world’s most dangerous arms...

  • Exodus

    8.Exodus

    25-11-201945m

    In 1968, Dani Limor was recruited by Mossad. To this day, virtually all of Limor’s assignments remain classified. But their successes made him one Mossad’s top field agents. In 197...

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