Episode 1
Agent ZigZag, by Ben Macintyre. The story of Britain's most extraordinary double agent. 1/5. At the start of the war, Eddie Chapman is recruited by the German Secret Service.
Agent ZigZag
By Ben Macintyre.
The previously untold story of Britain's most extraordinary double agent.
1/5. At the start of the war, British criminal Eddie Chapman is recruited by the German Secret Service. He soon becomes a highly prized, and decorated, Nazi agent. What the Germans don't know is that he is also working for MI5.
Damian Lewis reads the dramatic story of the charismatic Agent Zigzag. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
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- Mon 29 Jan 200709:45BBC Radio 4 FM
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