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Modern Spies

  • 2012
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~59m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.0/10

How does the fictional world of spying compare with the reality? Peter Taylor looks at the real world of modern spies.

Latest: Season 1 · 2012

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Apr 2, 2012 · 59m

    In the first of two programmes, Peter Taylor 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.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Apr 9, 2012 · 59m

    In the second of two programmes, Peter Taylor looks at the real world of modern spies and investigates how far today's spies can go to prevent terrorist attacks.