In the desert of North Africa in the summer of 1942, a small band of soldiers were selected by the British for a unique mission.

Edwin Hardy Amies. Fashion designer, businessman, couturier for the Queen But as a young man, he was also one of Britain’s most unlikely spymasters...

With the fate of the free world in the balance, the US government turns to the head of the New York Mafia for help, and gets far more than they bargained for in return.

A wealthy lawyer, debonair ladies man, consummate actor and fearless gambler, Dusko Popov played the role of playboy to become one of Germany’s most trusted spies.

In the chaos of 1940, Churchill created the ‘Special Operations Executive’. Its task – to “set Europe ablaze”.

This is the story of one of the most controversial missions of World War Two.