Bruce Burgess
Director
History's Ultimate Spies (2015)
Season 1
The stories of History's Ultimate Spies are woven around many notorious plots and infamous characters, and they'll feature in a series that delves into the psyche of the men and women who set up the networks - or destroyed them.
Released Oct. 15, 2015
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary
Network: U&Yesterday
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Thomas Cromwell
The wily characters from history who pulled strings in the shadows. Thomas Cromwell's cloak-and-dagger work helped steer Henry VIII through his troubles with Rome and several wives.
Oct. 16, 2015, midnight
S1E2 - Sir Francis Walsingham
History's scheming spymasters in profile. The six-part series focuses on the remarkable cunning of Francis Walsingham, whose spy network foiled many plots against Queen Elizabeth I.
Oct. 23, 2015, midnight
S1E3 - Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil was a formidable political operator, whose extraordinary web of informers helped to foil the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Oct. 30, 2015, midnight
S1E4 - Cardinal Richelieu
Profiles of the super snoopers who blazed a trail in espionage. As Louis XIII's diabolical chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was feared and hated thanks to his complex spy network.
Nov. 6, 2015, midnight
S1E5 - Zofia Potocka and Mata Hari
History's most notorious covert operatives. The astonishing tale of Zofia Potocka, the beautiful lover of Grigory Potemkin who ran a successful spy network in the Russo-Turkish War.
Nov. 13, 2015, midnight
S1E6 - Elizabeth Van Leew
The early innovators of intelligence. The American Civil War was notable for its female spymasters. Elizabeth van Lew's effective network even smuggled out messages in hollow eggs.
Nov. 20, 2015, midnight
Network: U&Yesterday
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Oct. 15, 2015
Last Air Date: Nov. 20, 2015, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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