Double agents. Dark sources. Deadly missions.
6.3Betray your country, save the world. Spies and traitors play a dangerous game in the 1980s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.
BBC Two
1. Paranoia
Two spies turn double agents at the height of the Cold War standoff between East and West. Their deception happens as the superpowers edge towards nuclear war.
2. Traitors
Spies work behind the scenes as the superpowers enter a new era. Intelligence pushes world leaders towards a more peaceful approach. But a new danger is lurking in the shadows.
3. Operation Pimlico
Battles between Cold War spies lead to danger, betrayal and a dramatic escape, all threatening to derail the fragile move towards world peace.
Saskia Reeves
Self - Narrator (voice)
Martin Munro
Oleg Gordievsky
Jacques Theron
Aldrich Ames
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
