About this season
Intelligence operatives from MI6 to the CIA share insider stories of spy craft, Cold War campaigns, and coups carried out by covert agents.
Episodes (8)
1. Operation Jawbreaker
Aired 8 September 2023 • 43 min
Just fifteen days after September 11th, 2001, CIA operatives land in Afghanistan with suitcases full of cash and a mission to dismantle the Taliban.
2. Operation Just Cause
Aired 8 September 2023 • 51 min
During the presidency of George H. W. Bush, the United States invades Panama to depose its de facto ruler, Manuel Noriega.
3. Operation Pimlico
Aired 8 September 2023 • 45 min
A Soviet double agent requests extraction from Moscow. MI6 orchestrates a daring escapade to retrieve him before his cover is blown.
4. The Plot to Kill the Pope
Aired 8 September 2023 • 51 min
A stunning testimony from a man who planned and attempted an assassination of Catholicism's highest figure, Pope John Paul II.
5. Operation Wrath of God (1)
Aired 8 September 2023 • 44 min
Mossad carries out a covert assassination campaign targeting leaders of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine, Fatah, and other Palestinian movements.
6. Operation Wrath of God (2)
Aired 8 September 2023 • 45 min
Mossad continues its campaign of covert assassinations of Palestinian leaders, including car bombs and amphibious operations.
7. Taliban Spies
Aired 8 September 2023 • 44 min
A look at how the US military's complex operations in Afghanistan required the collaboration of locals for cultural and strategic insights.
8. Project Azorian
Aired 8 September 2023 • 35 min
At the height of the Cold War, the US military endeavors to recover a sunken Soviet submarine from the depths of the ocean floor.