Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits
In this history-steeped reality series, 14 contestants undergo the same rigorous selection process as Britain's top-secret World War II spies.
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- Netflix
- Documentary, Reality
In this history-steeped reality series, 14 contestants undergo the same rigorous selection process as Britain's top-secret World War II spies.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Selection
59 mins
The series opens by charting the beginnings of SOE. The students face the Student Assessment Board - an intense 4-day course to discover who has the raw talent to progress to the full training.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
59 mins
The students training begins as they learn how to use guns, explosives and silent killing techniques. We learn how these skills all came together and helped SOE pull off one of the most audacious assassinations of WWII.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
59 mins
The students go to the remote Scottish Highlands where they learn the survival skills required for life in the field. They are schooled in some of the same techniques which prepared a group of agents to halt Hitler's atomic ambitions.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
59 mins
The students attend the SOE "finishing school" where they will learn the skills needed to operate undercover inside enemy territory such as lock-picking and sending coded messages. They then face a mock interrogation.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
59 mins
As the immersive history series draws to a close, eight of the original students have fallen by the wayside. The six remaining survivors undertake a 24 hour practice mission that will test the skills they have learned.
