Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Writer and presenter Ben Macintyre reveals the gripping true story of the double agents who helped to make D-Day a success, a triumph for espionage, deceit and twisted thinking.
The story of D-Day has been told from the point of view of the soldiers who fought in it, the tacticians who planned it and the generals who led it. But that epic event in world history has never been told before through the perspective of the strange handful of spies who made it possible. D-Day was a great victory of arms, a tactical coup, and a moral crusade. But it was also a triumph for espionage, deceit, and thinking of the most twisted sort.
Following on from his hugely successful BBC Two documentaries, Operation Mincemeat and Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story (Agent Zigzag), writer and presenter Ben Macintyre returns to the small screen to bring to life his third best-selling book - Double Cross The True Story of the D-Day Spies. Macintyre reveals the gripping true story of five of the double agents who helped to make D-Day such a success.
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The dog that could alter the fate of D-Day
Duration: 03:33
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Using spies for German deception
Duration: 01:27
Music Played
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Chocolococolo
Stranger Lukas
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Ben Macintyre |
| Producer | Sally George |
| Director | Matthew Whiteman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 9 Jul 201221:00
Mon 9 Jul 201222:30BBC HD
Sun 15 Jul 201200:40BBC HD- Wed 23 Jan 201321:00BBC Two & BBC HD
- Thu 6 Jun 201921:00
- Tue 11 May 202121:00
- Wed 12 May 202101:30
- Wed 29 May 202421:00
- Mon 3 Jun 202423:00
- Sun 5 Jan 202522:00
- Mon 6 Jan 202501:00
- Mon 9 Jun 202520:00
- Tue 10 Jun 202501:20
- Tuesday21:00
- Wednesday01:40
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