
The stories of History's Ultimate Spies are woven around many notorious plots and infamous characters, and they'll feature in a series that delves into the psyche of the men and women who set up the networks - or destroyed them.
Air Date: 2015-10-16
The wily characters from history who pulled strings in the shadows. Thomas Cromwell's cloak-and-dagger work helped st...
Air Date: 2015-10-23
History's scheming spymasters in profile. The six-part series focuses on the remarkable cunning of Francis Walsingham...
Air Date: 2015-10-30
Robert Cecil was a formidable political operator, whose extraordinary web of informers helped to foil the infamous Gu...
Air Date: 2015-11-06
Profiles of the super snoopers who blazed a trail in espionage. As Louis XIII's diabolical chief minister, Cardinal R...
Air Date: 2015-11-13
History's most notorious covert operatives. The astonishing tale of Zofia Potocka, the beautiful lover of Grigory Pot...
Air Date: 2015-11-20
The early innovators of intelligence. The American Civil War was notable for its female spymasters. Elizabeth van Lew...