Spy Wars

Wow!

I thought this was just going to be another dramatized show with actors, but while it is that, they also get first hand interviews with key people who actually were involved with the remarkable stories of these intelligence operations.

Amazing stuff - really brings history to life.

Great show!

We're already big fans of Damian Lewis, not only for 'Band of Brothers' but also 'Homeland' and 'The Baker' (also known as 'An Assassin in Love').

This is an excellent series, taking a provocative spy story and researching and re-enacting it superbly to explain as much of the circumstances that can be shared. Unfortunately, some of the information is still classified; but they provide as much of an account as possible. While I am familiar with many of the stories already, I still learn new facts about them; and Lewis presents them wonderfully.

Overall, a highly recommended documentary series that proves the truth can be much more interesting and exciting than fiction!

Very annoying use of footage of the Russian flag flying when the action takes place prior to the fall of the USSR. Couldn't they find stock footage of the Soviet flag?

The first two episodes are good and the second episode explains why you cant take liquid on a plane.

Even in E1S1 they are showing 1970s Soviet embassy with russian flag, the russian flag did come in to use until much later. The flag was red, do the producers know any of this. They talk about tensions with Reagan in 1983- no explanation why. In Poland the Solidarity was shaking the boots off the communists and Reagan was supporting them with nuclear threat against soviet union if they invaded Poland - none of the them on the show mention it.