Spymasters: The Great Spy Writers

  • Premiered: Mar 2026
  • Episodes: 4
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • Sky Arts
  • Tuesday at 21
  • Documentary

Seasons:

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Season 1
1x1
Kipling to Graham Greene
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 31, 2026
The world of spies and spymasters is explored, featuring authors from Rudyard Kipling to John Buchan and clips from The Ipcress File and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
1x2
Alistair MacLean to John Le Carre
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 07, 2026
Cold War storytelling comes alive with Forsyth, MacLean and le Carre, with iconic scenes from The Third Man and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
1x3
Ian Fleming to James Bond
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 14, 2026
Ian Fleming's remarkable life, James Bond's effect on literature and film and Bond's influence on actual intelligence. Film extracts include No Time to Die.
1x4 Season finale
Len Deighton to Mick Herron
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 21, 2026
This episode looks at recent intelligence history, from the defection of Oleg Gordievsky to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Film extracts include Bridge of Spies and Zero Dark 30.

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