Episodes

  • Introducing: The Service
    Jun 3 2020
    Just before he died, John Daniell's step-dad told him a secret from his time as a spy. A secret that was possibly New Zealand's biggest of the Cold War and that has never been revealed. Until now.
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    3 mins
  • One Night in Wadestown
    Jun 7 2020
    On his 10th birthday, John Daniell's Mum tells him she used to work for the SIS. But that's just the start of the secrets...
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    50 mins
  • The Wilderness of Mirrors
    Jun 8 2020
    New Zealand has Cold War spy stories we know about - and some we don't. Even now, it's hard to get people to talk. The big question is: who do you trust?
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • A Full Court Press from the KGB
    Jun 9 2020
    In the mid-1980s, New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy is attracting international attention. With the ANZUS alliance in crisis, the KGB see an opportunity.
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    52 mins
  • The Club
    Jun 9 2020
    The Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance with roots that go all the way back to World War II. It's a tight club - but just what does membership demand of us?
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    1 hr
  • The Raid
    Jun 10 2020
    In the final episode, we close in on the details around the joint MI6/SIS operation targeting the Czechoslovakian Embassy. Finally, someone who was on the raid breaks their silence. But there's a twist...
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • More Raids Confirmed
    Jul 1 2020
    More raids. More embassies. More breaking of international law. Ongoing investigations have uncovered other break-ins by New Zealand's SIS to bug and steal from embassies in Wellington, teaming up with the CIA as well as MI6.
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    7 mins
  • New Revelations
    Nov 1 2020
    Guyon and John break radio silence with new revelations about SIS operations, the reactions from Iran and India and news about surveillance of one of New Zealand's most renowned writers. And Guyon re-thinks his conclusions.
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    48 mins