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Modern Spies

Modern Spies

Modern Spies

Documentary 2012
Available on iTunes
The fictional world of spying is a world of danger and deception, glamour and lies.
Documentary 2012
Caution
Starring Peter Taylor

Episodes

  • Episode 1

    In the first of two programmes, Peter Taylor looks at the real world of modern spies. For the first time on television, serving British secret agents talk about their work - from an MI6 agent runner to an MI5 surveillance officer. This time, Modern Spies investigates how today's spies are recruited and probes the secrets of spycraft, from the sleeper cell to the brush pass and the cut out to the cyber spy.

    50 min 2 Apr 2012
  • Episode 2

    In the second of two programmes, Peter Taylor investigates how far today's spies can go to prevent terrorist attacks. When does an undercover operation cross the line and become entrapment? Were British spies complicit in the rendition of terrorist suspects in Libya, where they were allegedly tortured? Do spies ever have a license to kill?

    51 min 9 Apr 2012

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Cast & Crew

  • PT

    Peter Taylor

    Host

About

Modern Spies
  • DOCUMENTARY
The fictional world of spying is a world of danger and deception, glamour and lies.

Information

Studio
BBC2
Genre
Documentary
Released
2012
Rated
Caution

© 2012 BBC

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom)
Audio
English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

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