Documentary: The Spying Game - 3 DVD Box Set - GRD1101

Disc 1. MI5

1 x 45:00 min

The MI5 was outstandingly successful in both World Wars as well as the Cold War. Today, the agency faces new challenges in maintaining national security. This programme looks back at the agency's past from its inception in 1909 through to its modern responsibilities of countering terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction..

Disc 2. MI6

1 x 45:00 min

Britain's Secret Intelligence Service grew out of the need to combat Imperial German and then Bolshevik Russian ambitions in the early part of the century. It enjoyed spectacular success during World War II such as the breaking of the Enigma codes. It also played a crucial role in countering the Soviet threat during the Cold War.

Disc 3. 20th Century Spies

1 x 45:00 min

The great clashes of nationalism, imperialism, communism and fascism provided the backdrop for the 20th century spy. The lives of Mata Hari, Sidney Reilly, and Lawrence of Arabia are just a few of the colourful characters in our survey of the most daring and outragous individual spy cases to have been publicised in the 20th century.