The Spy Who

“The Spy Who Raised Me” follows the emotional journey of Chelsea Dittrich, the U.S. born daughter of a former American-based Russian spy. Speaking with other children of spies as well as with her own father whose spying activities tore her family apart, she uncovers the effects this clandestine activity has on families and communities as a whole.

A Russian agent who headed MI6’s anti-Soviet division, Kim Philby seemed the perfect gentleman spy. Charming, right wing, bit of a drunk, but a decent sort of chap. In clips, he speaks with luxurious vowels and a slight stammer. The right sort. One of us. It was all an act, using the trappings of the British class system against us. Along with the other Cambridge Spies, his betrayal broke the establishment’s hold on spycraft. While this documentary claims to give some personal insight into Philby, there isn’t much to find. His disregard for his family (he celebrated when his wife died) suggests a hollowness, nothing behind the mask.

The Spy Who Loved Me is the soundtrack for the tenth James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me. The soundtrack is one of only two Bond soundtracks to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The theme song "Nobody Does It Better" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and was performed by Carly Simon. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "You Light Up My Life". It was one of five Bond theme songs to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Newly declassified MI5 files reveal the story of the female spy who stole Britain’s atomic secrets and gave them to the Soviets. In January 1941, Ursula Kuczynski, a Jewish German refugee, arrives in Oxford with her children on a British passport. She settles into the daily life of a housewife, but this woman has a secret – she is a Soviet spy.

"Howard Blum writes history books that read like thrillers."—New York Times

John Stonehouse, an MP who faked his own death and was charged with fraud when found to be alive, also colluded with the Czech security service during the Cold War. The programme examines how Prime Ministers from Wilson to Thatcher chose not to investigate the allegations that Stonehouse was a spy.