Espionage

American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

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General History

Spies in show business

A portrait of King Charles I

Jane Whorwood: the royalists’ secret weapon

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Queen Victoria’s spy network

Queen Victoria in 1861

Queen of spies? Inside Queen Victoria’s secret intelligence network

Helen Fry discusses British intelligence officer Thomas Kendrick, who helped swing the Second World War in favour of the Allies. (Image by Getty Images)

Second World War

Thomas Kendrick: MI6 spymaster who helped win WW2

German born British physicist and spy, Dr Klaus Fuchs (1911 - 1988) who was tried at the Old Bailey, London on two charges of disclosing atom secrets 'calculated to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Klaus Fuchs: the scientist who became the Soviet super spy

Michael Goodman tackles listener questions and popular search queries on the history of spying and intelligence. (Image by Getty Images)

Espionage history: everything you wanted to know

Anne Sebba explores the life of Ethel Rosenberg, who was executed for espionage in one of the most sensational and controversial episodes of the Cold War. (Image by Getty Images)

The trials of Ethel Rosenberg

Larry Loftis details the life and work of Aline Griffith, a model-turned-spy who rose to the upper echelons of society in WW2 Spain. (Image by Getty Images)

Second World War

Socialite, countess, WW2 spy: Aline Griffith

Kate Vigurs discusses the female agents of Britain’s Special Operations Executive, who carried out resistance work in France during the Second World War

Second World War

Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France

Alan M Turing and colleagues working on the Ferranti Mark I Computer, 1951.

Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Roland Philipps tells the story of Mathilde Carré

Second World War

Traitor or triple agent? The WW2 spy Mathilde Carré