October 16, 2015
The wily characters from history who pulled strings in the shadows. Thomas Cromwell's cloak-and-dagger work helped steer Henry VII...Read more
October 23, 2015
History's scheming spymasters in profile. The six-part series focuses on the remarkable cunning of Francis Walsingham, whose spy n...Read more
October 30, 2015
Robert Cecil was a formidable political operator, whose extraordinary web of informers helped to foil the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
November 6, 2015
Profiles of the super snoopers who blazed a trail in espionage. As Louis XIII's diabolical chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was ...Read more
November 13, 2015
History's most notorious covert operatives. The astonishing tale of Zofia Potocka, the beautiful lover of Grigory Potemkin who ran...Read more
November 20, 2015
The early innovators of intelligence. The American Civil War was notable for its female spymasters. Elizabeth van Lew's effective ...Read more