Spy Ops
Intelligence operatives from MI6 to the CIA share insider stories of spy craft, Cold War campaigns, and coups carried out by covert agents.
Genre: Documentary, History
Cast:Michael Bar-Zohar , Meron Medzini , Hagai Tsorev , Alain Chouet , Wilhelm Dietl , Ido Aharoni , Ehud Barak , Saker Abou Fakher , Efrat Mass , Karim Pakradouni , Mahmoud Al Chaalan , Michael Vanecek , Mehmet Ali Agca , Gary Schroen , Mikhail Petrovich Lyubimov , Marc Cisneros , Toby Harnden , John Cardwell
S1.E1 ∙ Operation Jawbreaker
Just fifteen days after September 11th, 2001, CIA operatives land in Afghanistan with suitcases full of cash and a mission to dismantle the Taliban.
S1.E2 ∙ Operation Just Cause
During the presidency of George H.W. Bush, the United States invaded Panama to depose its de facto ruler, Manuel Noriega.
S1.E3 ∙ Operation Pimlico
A Soviet double agent requests extraction from Moscow. MI-6 orchestrates a daring escapade to retrieve him before his cover is blown.
S1.E4 ∙ The Plot to Kill the Pope
A stunning testimony from a man who planned and attempted an assassination of Catholicism's highest figure, Pope John Paul II.
S1.E5 ∙ Operation Wrath of God Part I
Mossad carries out a covert assassination campaign targeting leaders of the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine, Fatah, and other Palestinian movements.
S1.E6 ∙ Operation Wrath of God Part II
Mossad continues its campaign of covert assassinations of Palestinian leaders, including car bombs and amphibious operations.
S1.E7 ∙ Taliban Spies
A look at how the US military's complex operations in Afghanistan required the collaboration of locals for cultural and strategic insights.
S1.E8 ∙ Project Azorian
At the height of the Cold War, the US military endeavors to recover a sunken Soviet submarine from the depths of the ocean floor.
