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Spy Wars with Damian Lewis

Season 1
A look at the most daring, audacious, dangerous, and influential operations in the history of espionage.
20208 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Man Who Saved the World
    March 21, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    See how Oleg Gordievsky risked everything and left everyone he loved in order to save his life...and the world.
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  2. S1 E2 - Bombs in the Sky
    March 28, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    Witness the massive security operation in London in 2006 to thwart a 9/11-inspired terrorist attack.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Spies Next Door
    April 4, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    See how Russian spies in the U.S. operated undetected and follow the FBI and CIA’s efforts to stop them.
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  4. S1 E4 - A Perfect Traitor
    October 27, 2019
    44min
    TV-PG
    See how a disgruntled FBI agent spent years betraying the identities of American agents working in the Soviet Union.
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  5. S1 E5 - Escape from Tehran
    April 18, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    Host Damian Lewis examines the remarkable rescue of six U.S. diplomats trapped in Iran in 1980.
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  6. S1 E6 - Trojan Horse
    April 25, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    A disgruntled KGB officer helps the West plant faulty technology into the Soviet state.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Merchant of Death
    November 17, 2019
    44min
    TV-14
    Discover how the DEA brought down the illegal arms dealer and former spy Viktor Bout.
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  8. S1 E8 - Exodus
    May 9, 2020
    44min
    TV-PG
    Host Damian Lewis reveals the Mossad’s audacious plan to rescue 12,000 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan.
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