About this season
A collection of unbelievable, untold, and world-changing stories that reveal what it takes to be a spy beyond the red line of danger.
Episodes (8)
1. Kari Amelung
Aired 11 February 2026 • 43 min
A young CIA officer is kidnapped at gunpoint and held in isolation, turning a routine exchange of intel with a source into a potential catastrophic 24-hour crisis.
2. Patrick Weninger
Aired 18 February 2026 • 43 min
For a CIA officer trying to recruit spies during one of the bloodiest periods of conflict in the Middle East, it can be hard to trust a mole within the Al-Qaeda network… but it's even harder to keep him alive.
3. Laura Thomas - A Double Life Within a Double Life
Aired 25 February 2026 • 43 min
A former CIA chief of base utilises her knowledge in a volunteer effort to rescue people during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
4. Mark Kelton
Aired 4 March 2026 • 43 min
The unforeseen arrest of an American in Pakistan threatens one of the most secretive missions in CIA history.
5. Darrell Blocker - Tracking the Butcher
Aired 11 March 2026 • 43 min
A father's mission to bring justice to one of the most feared members of the Taliban reaches a turning point when a teenage boy within his inner circle is captured during a raid. This newfound access, combined with the CIA's most secretive tracking technology, brings the agency inches from the man they call "The Butcher".
6. Marti Peterson - From CIA Wife To CIA Spy
Aired 18 March 2026 • 43 min
The widow of a CIA officer killed in action chooses to take up the mantle, becoming the first woman to go undercover in Moscow and handle one of the most important Russian sources of the Cold War.
7. Jose Rodriguez - Trial by Fire
Aired 25 March 2026 • 43 min
A newly-assigned director for counterterrorism spearheads the CIA's enhanced interrogation programme to find those behind the attacks of September 11th.
8. Garry Harrington - The Real Jason Bourne
Aired 1 April 2026 • 43 min
A former special forces soldier turned CIA officer gets the rare opportunity to meet with an enemy Taliban leader.