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Secrets and Spies
Radio 4 presents a selection of programmes dedicated to secrets, spies and espionage
Part 1—The Secret Pilgrim
Recollections of an eventful secret life when a British spy went missing.
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Espionage—Under Attack: The Threat from Cyberspace
The alarming extent to which cyberspace is now used to steal, to spy and to wage war.
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1984—UK Confidential
Martha Kearney reveals the secrets within the prime minister's newly-opened files of 1984.
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The Courtauld Institute—The Reunion
Sue MacGregor reunites five star pupils of the former spy Anthony Blunt.
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Great Spy Books: Fact or Fiction?—Archive on 4
Peter Hennessy, an expert on state secrecy, asks how close spy novels come to reality.
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Spying—Jon Ronson On, Series 6
What are the qualities that make a good spy? Jon Ronson talks to spies to find out.
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MI6 and the Media—Document
Jeremy Duns examines links between MI6 and the British media during the Cold War.
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Edward Snowden: Leaker, Saviour, Traitor, Spy?
Are state secrets doomed by an emerging alliance of the anti-state right and liberal left?
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