Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game

Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game

2024
6.3
1 Seasons
Documentary War & Politics

Betray your country, save the world. Spies and traitors play a dangerous game in the 1980s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Paranoia

Two spies turn double agents at the height of the Cold War standoff between East and West. Their deception happens as the superpowers edge towards nuclear war.

Episode 2
Ep 2

Traitors

Spies work behind the scenes as the superpowers enter a new era. Intelligence pushes world leaders towards a more peaceful approach. But a new danger is lurking in the shadows.

Episode 3
Ep 3

Operation Pimlico

Battles between Cold War spies lead to danger, betrayal and a dramatic escape, all threatening to derail the fragile move towards world peace.

Ep 4

To Be Removed

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Cast

Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves

Self - Narrator

Martin Munro

Martin Munro

Oleg Gordievsky

Jacques Theron

Jacques Theron

Aldrich Ames

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (Archive)