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6.9/10 109 votes
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The spy game is a serious business, and throughout history, the tools and technologies developed for it have mattered as much as the spies themselves.

Cast:
Dylan Berry
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
Netflix

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Season 1

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Episode 1

★ 6.7

High-Tech Surveillance and an Eye in the Sky

2021-01-20 · 29m

In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.

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Episode 2

★ 6.2

Deadly Poisons

2021-01-20 · 31m

For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.

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Episode 3

★ 6.3

Sexspionage

2021-01-20 · 33m

As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.

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Episode 4

★ 5.4

Clandestine Collection

2021-01-20 · 36m

Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.

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Episode 5

★ 6.2

Covert Communication

2021-01-20 · 33m

From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.

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Episode 6

★ 6.2

Special Ops and the Saboteur

2021-01-20 · 30m

Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.

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Episode 7

★ 6.2

The Code Breakers

2021-01-20 · 36m

Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.

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Episode 8

★ 6.0

Recruiting the Perfect Spy

2021-01-20 · 38m

What leads someone to spy against their own nation? Motivations vary but tend to fall into one of four categories, as notorious cases demonstrate.

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Cast

Dylan Berry

Narrator (voice)

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