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Spy Wars with Damian Lewis Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020 - 0
Episode 1
The Man Who Saved the World
Sun, Mar 22, 2020 60 mins
At the height of the Cold War, Oleg Gordievsky was one of the KGB's rising stars ... and biggest traitors. For years, he provided top-secret Russian intelligence to the British, but he is best remembered for risking his life in 1983 to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear annihilation.
Episode 2
Bombs in the Sky
Sun, Mar 29, 2020 60 mins
The largest surveillance operation in British history is examined by Damian Lewis, who looks at the 2006 joint investigation between MI5, London's Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Unit, and the CIA to track down a homegrown Al Qaeda cell in east London.
Episode 3
The Spies Next Door
Sun, Apr 5, 2020 60 mins
Highlighting the Russian plot that lead to the 2010 spy exchange between the CIA and MI6.
Episode 4
A Perfect Traitor
Sun, Apr 12, 2020 60 mins
A spotlight on the FBI mole that gave out the identities of U.S. double agents assigned in Russia.
Episode 5
Escape From Tehran
Sun, Apr 19, 2020 60 mins
A spotlight on the eight filmmakers who went to Tehran to look for locations for the film Argo.
Episode 6
Trojan Horse
Sun, Apr 26, 2020 60 mins
A spotlight on Vladimir Vetrov, who was once the star in the KGB but eventually helped in taking down the Soviet system.
Episode 7
The Merchant of Death
Sun, May 3, 2020 60 mins
A spotlight on Viktor Bout, who became one of the most dangerous arms dealer.
Episode 8
Exodus
Sun, May 10, 2020 60 mins
Damian Lewis reveals the plan of the Mossad to rescue 12,000 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan.
